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From: carsontr@dgp.toronto.edu (Carson T Schutze)
Subject: System 7.0 font trouble & Blesser query
Message-ID: <1991Jun21.163010.11386@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Date: 21 Jun 91 20:30:11 GMT
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[Apologies if either of these have been asked recently . . . the volume's been
a bit high lately :-)]

First, the easy question: is there an upgrade to the Blesser utility or
something similar that will let me switch between 6.0.7 and 7.0 on the same
hard disk partition, by just maintaining two system folders?  The Blesser I
have doesn't recognize System 7.0's System file as a system file.

Now the toughie.  I have a bitmap font I was using with no problems under 6.0.7
but which refused to work under 7.0.  It was shareware, written by some poor
student somewhere, so there may be something weird about it, but I never had
any trouble under 6.0.7 or earlier.  Under 7.0, however, any suitcase containing
this font cannot be opened by double-clicking from Finder: it complains that
the file is "damaged".  But Font/DA Mover 3.8 and 4.1 both can read it with
no problem.  So, I decided to try installing it in the system suitcase/file
using F/DA 4.1, despite Apple's warnings to the contrary.  Installation went
fine, the font now shows up in font menus, documents containing it look right,
but if I double-click the system file I am now told that IT is damaged.  No
other symptoms, however.  Any ideas?

Reply by e-mail please (post as well if you like; I'll post a summary if I
get any solutions).

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Carson T. Schutze                 Dynamic Graphics Project
               			  Computer Systems Research Institute
(416) 978-6619			  University of Toronto
				  Toronto, Ontario, Canada   M5S 1A4

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