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From: jsnow@esunix.UUCP (John Snow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: APPLE IIGS SYSTEM FONT
Message-ID: <789@esunix.UUCP>
Date: 7 Apr 88 15:48:18 GMT
References: <5478@uwmcsd1.UUCP>
Organization: Evans & Sutherland, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Summary: System font easy to find

In article <5478@uwmcsd1.UUCP>, aehl@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Donald J Aehl) writes:
> I am interested in finding the location of the Apple IIgs System font 

You can easily use Quickdraw to find the system font's address for you.  Simply
write a simple program that starts up Quickdraw.  This will install the system
font as the current Quickdraw font.  Then call the Quickdraw function GetFont.
GetFont will return a handle to the system font.  Dereference the handle and
you have the absolute address of the system font in ROM.

The reason you can't find any reference to the system font's address in the
IIGS documentation is that is liable to move with each release of the system
ROM.  Using the above technique will always find the system font, no matter
which system ROM you are using.

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