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From: stores@unix.SRI.COM (Matt Mora)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Font menu's
Message-ID: <30753@sri-unix.SRI.COM>
Date: 18 May 89 15:22:13 GMT
References: <1715@taux01.UUCP>
Reply-To: stores@unix.sri.com (Matt Mora)
Organization: SRI, Menlo Park, CA.
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In article <1715@taux01.UUCP> cyosta%taux01@nsc.COM ( Yossie Silverman ) writes:
>I have a short question to a Claris person.  I have been playing with
>MW II and noticed that somehow it manages to put together a Font Menu
>with all the font-names in their REAL font.  Suitcase II does this as
>well, but it takes it forever to construct the menu.  MW II seems to be
>able to do this in no time flat.  Can someone explain how?
>-- 

I believe that when MWII starts up it check the fonts installed in the system 
and makes an offscreen bitmap of the fontmenu then blasts it in when you
click on the font menu. Suitcase II probably does its thing on the fly
because it can never know when the fonts might get changed.

Just Guessing.

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Matthew Mora
SRI International                       stores@unix.sri.com
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