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From: bart@bluemoon.uucp (Bart Jaszcz)
Subject: Re: Using Mac fonts
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Date: Mon, 20 May 91 16:21:57 EDT

tdrga@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Todd Drga) writes:

> My questions to the net:
> 
> What do I have to do to use some of the Mac fonts that I have found archived
> on various FTP servers?  What program will convert the to GDOS (or other)
> fonts that I can use?  I am interested in using the fonts for DTP and screen
> fonts.

    Font DA (desk accessory) mover is an application on the mac that adds 
fonts or desk accessories to the system file... in other words, it sort of 
puts them in the assign.sys file (or root dir for accesories) The fonts are
not (I repeat: are not) separate files... they come in bunches... like 20 
fonts in one file... GDOS fonts come one by one (great system... I love my 
atari... why make things complicated???)  
I have no idea what the file format of the font files on the mac is... 
that's just the thing with the mac... you never know what the hell is 
going on in your computer... however, I'm an expert on gdos fonts... I 
just finished a program that outputs them to my 9 pin dot matrix without 
using gdos, or any system routines for that matter.
 
So, if you find some specs on the mac fonts, and need help converting 
them... let me know, maybe I'll throw some ideas at you or something. :)

   Bart

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