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From: bart@reed.UUCP (Bart Massey)
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Subject: Re: Re: Of Fonts and Files...
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Date: Thu, 30-Jan-86 10:46:38 EST
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> Several people  correctly  indicated  that  the  Mac searches for 
> resources in the  order  of Application, then System, and that it 
> SHOULD work if the  font  were installed in the APPLICATION (note 
> this is NOT the DOCUMENT,  which  is  not  searched automatically 
> (nor explicitly by MacWrite)).  However, nobody indicated if they 
> had TRIED this.
>
> Jeff

I don't think this is right yet.  I think the person who is right is the
person who said that files are searched for resources starting with the
most recently opened currently open file, working back through the other
currently open files, then the application, then the system.  The reason
that fonts installed in MacWrite documents don't get used is that
at the time that MacWrite builds its font menu, no files are open, and
it never rebuilds the menu.

Interesting question:  Do fonts in MacWrite documents show up if you
double-click the DOCUMENT, rather than starting MacWrite?  It wouldn't
surprise me much to hear either answer...

							Bart Massey
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