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From: lippin@spam (The Apathist)
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Subject: Re: Can ROM fonts be modified?
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Date: Sat, 21-Nov-87 21:41:51 EST
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Recently sandrock@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu said:
>
>     Can someone please tell me if there is a way to modify the Chicago 12
>   font on a Mac Plus?  I understand that although this font resides in ROM,
>   that there is a way this can be done.

All you need to do is open up a resource file with another Chicago 12
font (with the same name and number) and an appropriate FOND resource.
In the resource manager section of IM IV, there's a descripton of how
to make ROM-override resources, but this is't necessary for fonts.

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