Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!adobe!heaven!glenn From: glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Fonts Message-ID: <429@heaven.woodside.ca.us> Date: 20 Feb 91 20:35:59 GMT References: Reply-To: glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) Organization: RightBrain Software, Woodside, CA Lines: 21 In article ersys!drin@nro.cs.athabascau.ca (Adrian Smith) writes: >On the subject of fonts, is there any reason why the afm directory under >/NextLibrary/Fonts in 2.0 has symbolic links to all the existing .afm >files? What does this do? The directory layout for fonts changed between 1.0 and 2.0, and the symbolic links provide a "bridge" that make fonts in 2.0 format accessible from the directory structure used under 1.0, without duplicating all the font data. Some applications (notably FrameMaker) relied on the 1.0 format, and would not run correctly under 2.0 unless these symbolic links were there. I haven't verified if they have fixed this in 2.0d or not. Eventually, the need for the symbolic links will go away, but they don't hurt much to have them there, in the meantime. -- Glenn Reid RightBrain Software glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us NeXT/PostScript developers ..{adobe,next}!heaven!glenn 415-851-1785 (fax 851-1470) Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com