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From: jjs@juggler.PRC.Unisys.COM (James Solderitsch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Fonts and FullWrite
Keywords: Fonts Adobe Fractional Widths
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Date: 29 Jul 88 13:58:36 GMT
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I just downloaded one of the Adobe screen fonts (Palatino I think) from
Compuserve, unpit'd it, opened it with Suitcase, and then opened
Fullwrite.

The font names appeared ok in the FullWrite font menu, but the spacings
were incorrect on the screen.  For example, typing in a string of
i's showed varying widths -- the spacing between successive i's was
not uniform.  I've also noticed that my copies of Helvetica also
don't appear spaced correctly on the screen.

I recall an insert in the FullWrite package that warned about old versions
of Font/DA mover and the munging of fractional width info and I suspect
this is the problem (although i haven't as yet touched the suitcase
file I got directly from Adobe with Font/DA mover.)

Could some kind soul enlighten me on whether this is the problem
(that is, bad fractional width info in the font file) and what steps
I can take to correct it (if any).  I vaguely recall that simply copying
the font to another suitcase file (with Font/DA mover 3.6 or greater)
corrects bad fractional width info.

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Now for something (almost) completely different.

I am running FullWrite under system 6.0 (multifinder), and when I save files and
do get info from the Finder, the files are labeled as FullWrite dictionary
(or FullWrite Glossary) files instead of standard FullWrite document files.
Thus I can't double click on them.

I also vaguely recall that such a problem might simply be that the
FullWrite files don't all have their bundle bits properly set and that this
problem is really due to faulty quality control at Ashton-Tate.

Any info on either of these subjects appreciated.

(BTW, I'm running a Plus, 2.5 megs, Imagewriter I, 20 meg SCSI HD)

Thanks,

Jim Solderitsch

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