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Subject: FONTs and ResEdit (Does it really work?)
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Date: Wed, 9-Sep-87 08:35:22 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep  9 08:35:22 1987
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I would like to use ResEdit to modify the Monaco font so that capital "I"
looks different from lower case "l".  I copied the font out of the system
file and into a new file, then tried ResEdit on it.  (BTW, the ResEdit came
with MPW 1.0 so it is fairly current - less than a year old.)

There are 3 windows in the font editor.  The two on the right work fine (I
can enter sample text and scroll through the font).  The trouble comes in the
window on the left (the fatbits window).  If I attempt to add a pixel, I get
a few extra pixels off to the right of the character (this effect shows up
both in the fatbits window and in the sample text and scroll windows).
Also, the character shifts to the left in the fatbits window; the "character
boundry markers" move with it.

I also get extra pixels to the right of a character if I simply click on one
of the "boundry markers" - I don't even have to move it!

Is it me or is ResEdit unable to actually edit fonts?  Do I have a broken
copy (seems unlikely) or do I need a later copy?  Does anyone have a font
editor that works!?!?!  I'd hate to have to write my own.

I did a hex dump of the font and compared it to the description in IM.  It
appears to be perfectly formatted.  I noticed that it is a "new ROM" font in
that it has the "fractional character width array" tacked on the end.  Could
this be blowing up ResEdit?  Should I remove it & if so, how?  Will I cause
more problems than I cure this way?

Hellllllllllllp!

	Steve Falco   moss!saf