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From: dave@PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Installing Fonts & DA's in applications
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Date: 6 Mar 90 21:37:18 GMT
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In article <39241@apple.Apple.COM> mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson) writes:
>In article <1990Mar6.165630.29382@wam.umd.edu> nebel@wam.umd.edu (Chris D. Nebel) writes:
>>In article <9003060003.AA08520@gaudi> 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?
>>
>
>Don't do it...don't do it...don't do it.  If you need a font, ship a Suitcase
>file and ask the user to install it in their System file.  Especially don't
>do it with documents and HyperCard stacks.
>
>
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My understanding, bolstered by things I have read in Inside Mac and
elsewhere, is that adding fonts and DAs to an application is a GOOD
THING.  That resources were designed with exactly this in mind.  That
adding fonts to documents was specifically recommended.

If it were not for your .signature I would assume you didn't know what
you were talking about.  However, that particular .signature strongly
implies that you do (or at least should) know what you're talking
about.  Accordingly, I think you owe us an explanation, not just an
exhortation.

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