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From: cca@pur-phy (Charles C. Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: (almost) diskless macs
Summary: any SIMPLE font file opener utilites?
Keywords: links diskless servers
Message-ID: <2965@pur-phy>
Date: 5 Jan 90 13:50:25 GMT
References: <7032@tank.uchicago.edu>
Organization: Purdue Univ. Phys Dept, W.Lafayette, IN
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> to be in a single system folder.  A nice extension of the OS would
> be to allow the system to access printer drivers, fonts, and DA's
> located on an arbitrary volume.
> this would be a snap.
>     Perhaps some existing third party software would already help out?
> Does Suitcase do the trick?

First of all, I don't know the answer to this specific question.  This
posting does bring up something I've been annoyed with.  I own Font/DA
Juggler+, but I don't use it anymore.  Why?  Because it has too many
bells & whistles (I just laughed when they sent the offer to upgrade
to Master Juggler).  All I want is a way to keep most of my fonts
separate from my System file.  I don't want my DA menu mucked with.  I
don't want to compress the font files.  I don't want the capability to
have "hot keys" do anything.  I don't want cute lists of the fonts
using the fonts themselves.  I'd prefer an application rather than a
DA to control the opening/closing of the font files.  Doesn't anybody
make one of these utilities that follows the KISS principle?

Charles Allen		cca@newton.physics.purdue.edu