Hey Steve, I changed the ini file earlier, but the problem seems to be that no matter what I do, when I import all of the text fonts are being set by a blank character format. So even if I set the data to what I want in the paragraph tag, the blank character format that is inserted during import overrides it.
What's strange about this is that when I insert the elements directly through frame and edit them by hand, frame doesn't insert the character format. It seems to be an issue with the import. One more thing, I just remembered something regarding the ini file. Even when I set the default font to Arial, Times New Roman, Tms Rmn in maker.ini when I check the strings in the executable in memory next to the string "Default Font" the string Times New Roman, Times New Roman, Tms Rmn is there instead. Could just be a default defined as a constant, but no matter what I do, from purging all definitions of Times from the mif or changing maker.ini it just won't go away during import. Noah On 10/16/06, Steve Cavanaugh <scavanaugh at nat-seattle.com> wrote: > I caught a clue about FrameMaker's font behavior from > http://www.techknowledgecorp.com/help/index.html - click on Mass Convert > Fonts. I hadn't realized that FrameMaker uses an .ini file (I thought > ini files went away a LONG time ago) and that in that .ini file there is > a default font definition that was driving me mad here. I would convert > all fonts to Arial, and upon print, the console would tell me it was > making a substitute for "Times" which I had not defined for anything. > It turns out, that .ini file had a definition of Times for the variable > DefaultFamily. > > > Steve Cavanaugh > Sr. Technical Writer > NAT Seattle Inc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces+scavanaugh=nat-seattle.com at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+scavanaugh=nat-seattle.com at lists.frameusers.com] > On Behalf Of Noah Evans > Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 9:25 PM > To: Rick Quatro > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: structured import and pgftag fonts > > Hey Rick, framers, > > Rick, thanks for your tip, however in this case it didn't work. Here's > why: > > After looking through the mif and experimenting with different > formatting in the edd, I've found the problem, but I have no idea why > it's ending up like this. > > Frame seems to be inserting font data on the strings themselves > --overriding the combined fonts defined by the elements. Does anyone > have any idea of how I could stop frame from doing this? I can manually > set the font with a text rule, but frame still nests the combined fonts > too deeply in the mif, so frame's fonts override them. > > I could write an fdk client to eliminate the font information manually, > but I'm hoping that someone who knows more than me could offer me some > ideas as to what's going on and why frame's putting in that font data. > > Thanks for everybody's help and input, > > Noah > > > > On 10/12/06, Rick Quatro <frameexpert at truevine.net> wrote: > > Hi Noah, > > > > I am not sure what is causing this by try this after you import the > XML. > > > > 1) Choose File > Import > Element Definitions. > > > > 2) Leave Current selected in the Import from Document popup. Check the > > > Format Rule Overrides checkbox and click Import. > > > > Rick Quatro > > Carmen Publishing > > 585-659-8267 > > www.frameexpert.com > > > > > > > Hey all, > > > > > > I'm having a very strange problem with my structure application. > > > When I import an xml file, none of the fonts follows the paragraph > > > tags(which are assigned by the edd, they show up just fine in the > > > pgftag bar and menu, but the fonts just don't apply for some > > > reason). They seem to be inheriting the font information from the > > > root element instead. > > > > > > However if I just insert an element manually the font follows the > > > pgftag correctly. > > > > > > Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Noah > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as scavanaugh at nat-seattle.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/scavanaugh%40nat-sea > ttle.com > > Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > >
