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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Looking for a mono-spaced "Shaston 8" font
Message-ID: <38853@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 22 Feb 90 07:44:16 GMT
References: <9002201852.AA29628@alw.nih.gov>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <9002201852.AA29628@alw.nih.gov> JDA@CU.NIH.GOV ("Doug Ashbrook") writes:
>In his review of TML Pascal II in the Winter issue (i.e., the final
>one :-( ) of Call -A.P.P.L.E., Robert Hess wrote:
>
>     "Using a font editor, I have created my own font that is quite
>     similar to Shaston, but all characters are the same width."

I don't see why this is necessary...look up SetFontFlags in the QuickDraw II
chapter of Toolbox Reference, Volume 2, and you'll see there is a bit to
make QuickDraw draw everything with the width of the "M" (and another bit to
make it use the width of the "0" instead, I believe).
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