Check your machine for FontBook. You can drag your fonts into there and whatever programs you use, the fonts will open up. Simpler than dealing with the System folders.
Hope that helps. matty. On 9/17/05 1:00 PM, "Bruce Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 17, 2005, at 8:12 AM, William Spencer wrote: > >> Hi there: I'm afraid I still don't really get the way fonts work in >> Jaguar. I dragged all the ones I have into the main Fonts folder >> but only some of them seem to appear in Word or whatever, though >> they are all listed when I look in the folder itself. In the >> (rather brief) Fonts section of David Pogue's Missing Manual for >> Jaguar, he doesn't really seem to say why this is...but I infer >> that the bitmapped ones I have just won't be available to me anymore? > > The October issue of MacAddict has a good article explaining fonts. > It's talking about Tiger, but the way fonts are handled in Jag are > the same. > > OS X ONLY uses: Truetype, Opentype and Postscript Type 1 fonts. If > you have old bitmap fonts, they'll work in Classic but not OS X. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > > "No matter where you go, there you are", B. Banzai > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
