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From: anson@spray.CalComp.COM (Ed Anson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Fonts and HyperCard
Keywords: font fond
Message-ID: <2617@spray.CalComp.COM>
Date: 9 Mar 89 16:50:15 GMT
References: <38295@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <26866@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: anson@spray.UUCP (Ed Anson)
Organization: CalComp, A Lockheed Company, Hudson, NH, USA
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In article <26866@apple.Apple.COM> jdevoto@Apple.COM (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto) writes:
>
>The easiest way to add a font to a HyperCard stack is to use the Font/DA
>Mover.

This will add the font to the stack, but there are two potential problems:
 1. If the font family is present in the System file (it usually is), there
    can be massive confusion. It is necessary to put all sizes that are to
    be used into the stack in this case.
 
 2. Even so, I would be wary about adding this sort of resource to a stack.
    During startup, HyperCard apparently makes a behind-the-scenes visit to
    the Home stack, after opening your stack. In doing so, it temporarily
    closes the resource fork of the stack, thereby invalidating any handles
    to resources in that stack. This could cause the Font Manager some grief.

    NOTE: This is only a problem if the first card displayed after launching
    HyperCard uses the resource (in this case the font) you have added to
    the stack. If you can guarantee that the first card of the stack won't
    use the added font, you should be ok. Otherwise, watch out!!
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   Ed Anson,    Calcomp Display Products Division,    Hudson NH 03051
   (603) 885-8712,      anson@elrond.CalComp.COM