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From: jmunkki@kampi.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacDraw type defaults
Message-ID: <18711@santra.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jan 89 21:02:02 GMT
References: <49800022@hcx1> <5355@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
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Reply-To: jmunkki@kampi.UUCP (Juri Munkki)
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
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>In article <49800022@hcx1> barry@hcx1.SSD.HARRIS.COM writes:
>>but does anyone know of a way to change the default
>>typeface in MacDraw? I never use Geneva in my documents
>>so I would like to make a permanent change to something 
>>else (if it is legal to do so). 

You would probably have to change the default application font id
in the parameter RAM. I think there's a CDEV for this purpose, but
I don't know where to get it. You could ask a programmer to write
a few lines of code to do the thing. It's quite easy.

The problem is that it will change the font in almost all programs,
including the Finder. Changing only MacDraw is somewhat harder, since
the font number might be used in several places.

You could start using locked files that contain a template for an
empty document with the font set to something else besides Geneva.
Every time you want to start a new document, just open the locked
copy and use "save as...".

In article <5355@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> adchen@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Anthony Dunyeh Chen) writes:
> [... a few lines of irrelevant information about fonts deleted...]
>
>Open up the system file (but make sure you've got a backup in case of
>any screw ups) and go to the FONT resource.  Open FONT and Cut out
>Geneva or all of them if you want.  Then paste in from a font file you
>want to use as your system fonts.  Hope I've been of some help.

  Mild flame *** ON ***

Actually what you said confused me for a moment... You shouldn't write
about something that you really don't know about. Please read the question
before answering and try to think what you are doing. Removing the FONT
resources from the system and leaving behind an orphan FOND resource that
thinks there are several FONT resources will not make your Mac happy.

If you were thinking about creating a font with the same family ID as
Geneva, you should have given instructions on how to change the ID
(in the FOND and in the FONT resources) and how to make sure that
the replacement is safely done. In this case you should also have
warned the user that changing the fonts in the system file will
very probably affect the way other applications look and work.

Thanks for trying, but please remember that you really should
understand what you are writing about, if you post something
for the whole world to read.

  Mild flame *** OFF ***

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