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From: geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Installing Fonts & DA's in applications
Message-ID: <1990Mar06.193442.29055@pmafire.UUCP>
Date: 6 Mar 90 19:34:42 GMT
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Reply-To: geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen)
Organization: WINCO Computer Engineering, INEL, Idaho
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mikem@gaudi (Mike Mize) writes:
>
>I just found out the other day that you can install fonts and DAs in
>applications.  I tried this and was successfull but could not help but
>wonder what it would buy me.  Does anyone know of any advantage to this?

(For those not familiar with the technique, hold down option while
clicking the ``Open'' button in Font/DA Mover.)

With DAs, at least, this can be a handy way to get around the system
limit of 15 DAs.  (And it's a bit cheaper than Suitcase, Font/DA
Juggler, et. al.). 

If you have a DA that is specific to a particular application (like the
version of Word Finder distributed with MS Word) you can free up one of
your precious 15 slots by putting it in the application, rather than the
System.

Another example is the ``MAUG Forums DA'' which lists all the areas in
MAUG on CompuServe (so you can figure out where you want to go while the
meter isn't ticking).  Since it's communications-related, why not put it
in your communications program? Voila! Another DA slot becomes
available. 

-- 
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