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From: brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Suitcase II anomaly
Message-ID: <11765@well.UUCP>
Date: 21 May 89 23:00:55 GMT
References: <24495@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <48702@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <10168@claris.com> <9264@polya.Stanford.EDU> <11750@well.UUCP> <9334@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Reply-To: brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher)
Organization: Software Supply, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <9334@polya.Stanford.EDU>, kaufman@polya.Stanford.EDU (Marc T.
Kaufman) writes:

> [Font Harmony's font renumbering] sure seems isomorphic to random.  It is not
> RANDOM only in the sense that it insures non-conflict with other FOND ids.

It is not random in any sense.  FOND IDs are chosen by a deterministic
algorithm that (a) avoids using numbers in 0..255 where possible, i.e., where
the family is all-NFNT (b) avoids conflict with IDs already in use on the
user's system; (c) minimizes the chance of future conflict with IDs assigned
by Apple to font vendors; and (d) minimizes the chance of conflict with FONTs
embedded in applications.
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brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher)