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From: kik@isr.harvard.edu (Ken Kreshtool)
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Subject: Re: Amusing dialog boxes, damaged fonts
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Date: 11 Jun 91 02:56:15 GMT
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In article <13515.28538C9E@stjhmc.fidonet.org> Irv.Kanode@p3.f53.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Irv Kanode) writes:
>>   However, one suitcase was damaged (it claimed).  
>>   So, now the question is, what does it mean by damaged?  How do we fix it?
>> We'd really like to get those fonts outta there.
>
>Are you using SuitCase or something similar?  I have gotten the file damaged
>message when the file in question is really OPEN or IN USE.
>SuitCase may be using that font suitcase or something else may have it open.

Another possibility is that the bitmap fonts were compressed by Suitcase's
utility called "Font & Sound Valet."  It seems that only Suitcase can
uncompress and use these fonts, once they have been valet-compressed. 
Which means, for example, you can't toss them inside the System 7 System file.
(This is yet another good reason to backup everything before doing anything
to anything.  If those were your only copies of the bitmaps, F&S Valet just
made you a Suitcase addict for life.)

Ken Kreshtool
kik@wjh12.harvard.edu