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From: neff@hp-vcd.HP.COM (Dave Neff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: TrueTypes and Bitmaps together?
Message-ID: <1930006@hp-vcd.HP.COM>
Date: 4 Jun 91 16:33:57 GMT
References: <1991May21.232030.23869@ecst.csuchico.edu>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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>But then - Helvetica Narrow (which I thought was acting ok again after 
>being unusable in systems 6.0.4-6.0.7) strikes again!!!  When I select a 
>size of Helvetica which I also have a Helvetica Narrow bitmap font for, 
>Helvetica Narrow shows up on the screen!
>Could someone please finally explain me what's wrong with Helvetica 
>Narrow???

I can't explain it, but Helvetica Narrow has given me problems too.
I removed all Helvetica Narrow fonts (I only had bitmaps) from my
System (7) file.  There were no more Helvetica Narrow fonts in the
system.  I tripple checked.  But EVERY application insisted Helvetica
Narrow was available for use, yet when I would try to apply this font
attribute I would only get the default font (Geneva I think).  Finally,
I just gave up and put the helv bitmaps back in my system.  After all, if
the applications are gonna insist I have the font, I might as well really
have it.  These were not True Type fonts of course, just the bitmapped fonts
that are optional fonts for the DeskWriter (I also have
Helvetica Narrow outline fonts but those are only used by the DeskWriter
printer driver when printing, not for screen display).

Maybe the system has some sort of check like this :-)

if (helvetica_narrow)
   BeTotallyWeird(sometimes);

Dave Neff
neff@hpvcfs1.HP.COM