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From: bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig)
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Subject: Re: System 7.0 and Suitcase
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Date: 28 Mar 91 23:45:28 GMT
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In article <17347@venera.isi.edu> jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes:
>Correct me if I'm wrong, but in 7.0, you just "poont" them into the
>DAs or Fonts folders in the System folder.  Updating doiesn't change
>the values of these folders, right?  Why would Suitcase be of any use
>here?

No, System 7.0 doesn't have folders for fonts and DA's.  If you want
to use a font, you need to drop it onto the System file.  To remove
it, open the System file by double-clicking it like a folder, then
drag your fonts out.

On my Mac SE, putting things into and taking things out of the System
Folder is painfully slow -- that's why I use Suitcase II.  Instead of
having to quit out of all my open applications and wait for my dozens
of fonts to be copied into the System file whenever I want to use
them, and then waiting a good long time for the System file to open so
I can move them back out once I'm done, I can just open and close them
in seconds with Suitcase.  Helps keep my Font menus shorter, too; I
close up large font suitcases when I don't need to have them around.

DA's are treated just like applications.  To use them, either put them
into the Apple Menu Folder to have them appear on the Apple menu, or
just put them anywhere and run them like you would any normal program.

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