Beth, from here no answer to your question, but while we are talking about fonts, what are fixed width fonts? Marta On Feb 18, 2004, at 15:11, Beth Ernst wrote:
> While we're on the subject of fonts I have a question. > > Our company has many older postscript fonts that we use and we still > get > them from our customers as well. While these fonts work fine in OS X I > have > an issue with viewing and working with the contents of suitcases. Many > times > a customer would make a custom suitcase which contained fonts we > already had > on our system. This caused conflicts and under OS 9 I could open the > suitcase and remove the unnecessary fonts but in OS X I understand > this is > not possible. It really slows me down when I'm in the middle of a > project > and have to reboot my machine to check fonts. Does anyone know of an > application that allows you to view and manipulate the contents of font > suitcases under OS X? > -- > Thanks! > Beth > >> From: "macgroup-digest" >> <owner-macgroup-digest at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> Reply-To: <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 17:15:01 -0500 >> To: <macgroup-digest at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> Subject: macgroup-digest V1 #425 - Bayesian Filter detected spam >> >> >> macgroup-digest Tuesday, February 17 2004 Volume 01 : >> Number 425 >> >> >> >> >> Re: MacGroup: font question >> Re: MacGroup: font question >> Re: MacGroup: font question >> MacGroup: iDVD problem >> Re: MacGroup: iDVD problem >> Re: MacGroup: iDVD problem >> MacGroup: iPod minis have started shipping >> _ >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:31:12 -0500 >> From: Janice Weber <kyjweber at mac.com> >> Subject: Re: MacGroup: font question >> >> I do want to see what each looks like, but I don't want them ALL! >> Maybe just 20 or so... >> >> There must be a way??? >> >> Jan >> On Monday, February 16, 2004, at 10:48 AM, Marta Edie wrote: >> >>> Live and learn, Bill. I never knew what that button actually does. >>> Mine was >>> unchecked and when I checked it, low and behold, I saw all the fonts >>> in their >>> pristine beauty as I see them in my other applications. Marta On Feb >>> 16, >>> 2004, at 9:22, Bill Micou wrote: >>> >>>> Jan, I don't think anyone responded to your question, and I may >>>> not have >>>> the final answer, but I do have an idea for you. I'm still >>>> learning about >>>> Panther's Font Book so I don't know if the answer is there. What I >>>> did in >>>> Appleworks to speed up changing the fonts is to go into Preferences >>>> - >>>> general...topic - general...and under the option choice, make sure >>>> the >>>> button for 'font menu in actual fonts' is unchecked. This will >>>> make it much >>>> quicker. Bill Micou >>>> >>>> On Feb 14, 2004, at 3:00 PM, Janice Weber wrote: >>>> >>>>> How do I reduce the number of fonts that show up in my apps, esp >>>>> AppleWorks 6. It always takes a long time to change a font - and >>>>> I only >>>>> use a few! >>>>> >>>>> Hope you are all staying warm. Jan >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >>>> >>>> >>> Marta >>> >>> >>> >>> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >> >> >> >> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 07:54:07 -0500 >> From: Marta Edie <mledie at insightbb.com> >> Subject: Re: MacGroup: font question >> >> Note: The following section was composed using a keyboard (ISO-8859-1; >> format=flowed) >> that uses characters other than those in the US-ASCII character set. >> Some >> characters may not be displayed properly when you view this message. >> >> >> Janice, there is a way. Check Applications>Fontbook. there are all the >> available fonts listed under different categories. You can delete >> fonts >> you do not want or, what seems better, disable them. I haven't >> experimented with them, but it is there where you get rid of those >> fonts you don't want to show up, in order to speed up changing them. >> >> Marta >> On Feb 16, 2004, at 18:31, Janice Weber wrote: >> >>> I do want to see what each looks like, but I don't want them ALL! >>> Maybe >>> just 20 or so... >>> >>> There must be a way??? >>> >>> Jan On Monday, February 16, 2004, at 10:48 AM, Marta Edie wrote: >>> >>>> Live and learn, Bill. I never knew what that button actually does. >>>> Mine was >>>> unchecked and when I checked it, low and behold, I saw all the >>>> fonts in >>>> their pristine beauty as I see them in my other applications. Marta >>>> On Feb >>>> 16, 2004, at 9:22, Bill Micou wrote: >>>> >>>>> Jan, I don't think anyone responded to your question, and I may >>>>> not have >>>>> the final answer, but I do have an idea for you. I'm still >>>>> learning about >>>>> Panther's Font Book so I don't know if the answer is there. What >>>>> I did in >>>>> Appleworks to speed up changing the fonts is to go into >>>>> Preferences - >>>>> general...topic - general...and under the option choice, make sure >>>>> the >>>>> button for 'font menu in actual fonts' is unchecked. This will >>>>> make it >>>>> much quicker. Bill Micou >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 14, 2004, at 3:00 PM, Janice Weber wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> How do I reduce the number of fonts that show up in my apps, esp >>>>>> AppleWorks 6. It always takes a long time to change a font - and >>>>>> I only >>>>>> use a few! >>>>>> >>>>>> Hope you are all staying warm. Jan >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> | This list's page is >>>>>> <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Marta >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >>> >>> >>> >>> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >>> >>> >> Marta >> Heinzelm?nnchenk?nigin a.D. >> >> >> >> >> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 07:59:01 -0500 >> From: Marta Edie <mledie at insightbb.com> >> Subject: Re: MacGroup: font question >> >> P.S. I am running OSX Panther. I am not sure whether the fontbook is >> available in the other OSX versions. >> Marta >> On Feb 16, 2004, at 18:31, Janice Weber wrote: >> >>> I do want to see what each looks like, but I don't want them ALL! >>> Maybe >>> just 20 or so... >>> >>> There must be a way??? >>> >>> Jan On Monday, February 16, 2004, at 10:48 AM, Marta Edie wrote: >>> >>>> Live and learn, Bill. I never knew what that button actually does. >>>> Mine was >>>> unchecked and when I checked it, low and behold, I saw all the >>>> fonts in >>>> their pristine beauty as I see them in my other applications. Marta >>>> On Feb >>>> 16, 2004, at 9:22, Bill Micou wrote: >>>> >>>>> Jan, I don't think anyone responded to your question, and I may >>>>> not have >>>>> the final answer, but I do have an idea for you. I'm still >>>>> learning about >>>>> Panther's Font Book so I don't know if the answer is there. What >>>>> I did in >>>>> Appleworks to speed up changing the fonts is to go into >>>>> Preferences - >>>>> general...topic - general...and under the option choice, make sure >>>>> the >>>>> button for 'font menu in actual fonts' is unchecked. This will >>>>> make it >>>>> much quicker. Bill Micou >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 14, 2004, at 3:00 PM, Janice Weber wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> How do I reduce the number of fonts that show up in my apps, esp >>>>>> AppleWorks 6. It always takes a long time to change a font - and >>>>>> I only >>>>>> use a few! >>>>>> >>>>>> Hope you are all staying warm. Jan >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> | This list's page is >>>>>> <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Marta >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >>> >>> >>> >>> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >>> >>> >> Marta >> >> >> >> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:20:17 -0500 >> From: "Robert M. Klein" <robert at kleinlawyer.com> >> Subject: MacGroup: iDVD problem >> >> I am trying to burn my first DVD using iDVD and iMovie. It's an 18 >> minute >> movie with about 170 clips, and I got it all into iDVD program OK. >> Here's >> the problem, and I hope someone can help me (iDVD help is a joke): >> It gets >> to step 4, matrixing (?) and burning and gets stuck there. It ran >> for 8 >> hours last night stuck on step 4. I'm using the latest iLife >> versions, OS >> 10.3, and a G5. >> >> Naturally, it's a project that I have spent about 30 hours on and I >> have to >> have it done now! >> >> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. If you are reading this >> after 5 pm >> today, please reply offline, as I get the digest version and I can't >> waste >> another day (I promise to share everything with the list). Thanks. >> >> Robert >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:59:10 -0500 >> From: Ward Oldham <woldham at insightbb.com> >> Subject: Re: MacGroup: iDVD problem >> >> Note: The following section was composed using a keyboard >> ("ISO-8859-1") >> that uses characters other than those in the US-ASCII character set. >> Some >> characters may not be displayed properly when you view this message. >> >> >> Hi Robert, >> >> We run into similar problems often. The most common cures are to >> disable >> everything in your energy saver system preference i.e. set sleep to >> never >> and hard disk spin down to never. Don't let your screen go to sleep >> either. >> Also, screen effects needs to be set to never as well. >> >> If that doesn't cure your problem, switch to Apple branded DVD-Rs as >> well. >> >> Ward >> >> Ward Oldham, MacDude >> MacTown >> 1041 Bardstown Road >> Louisville, KY 40204 >> 502-485-1243 >> ward at mactown.us >> http://www.mactown.us >> >> >> >> >> From: "Robert M. Klein" <robert at kleinlawyer.com> >> Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:20:17 -0500 >> To: <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> Subject: MacGroup: iDVD problem >> >> I am trying to burn my first DVD using iDVD and iMovie. It's an 18 >> minute >> movie with about 170 clips, and I got it all into iDVD program OK. >> Here's >> the problem, and I hope someone can help me (iDVD help is a joke): >> It gets >> to step 4, matrixing (?) and burning and gets stuck there. It ran >> for 8 >> hours last night stuck on step 4. I'm using the latest iLife >> versions, OS >> 10.3, and a G5. >> >> Naturally, it's a project that I have spent about 30 hours on and I >> have to >> have it done now! >> >> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. If you are reading this >> after 5 pm >> today, please reply offline, as I get the digest version and I can't >> waste >> another day (I promise to share everything with the list). Thanks. >> >> Robert >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:04:59 -0500 >> From: John Robinson <profile at aye.net> >> Subject: Re: MacGroup: iDVD problem >> >> Note: The following section was composed using a keyboard >> (WINDOWS-1252;) >> that uses characters other than those in the US-ASCII character set. >> Some >> characters may not be displayed properly when you view this message. >> >> >> Robert, >> >> My kids are going nuts with this, developing into a nice business, but >> they have learned that the media is the main ingredient. They have >> had >> problems with various brands, but have found the Apple works well >> aswell as >> another (sorry I don't know what it is, I could check with them >> if someone else doesn't have a suggestion). They have not done >> allthat Ward >> says, so it may be just the media, but try Ward'ssuggestions, he >> usually >> knows. >> >> John R. >> >> >> On Feb 17, 2004, at 9:59 AM, Ward Oldham wrote: >> >> Hi Robert, >>> >>> We run into similar problems often. The most common cures are to >>> disable >>> everything in your energy saver system preference i.e. set sleep to >>> never and >>> hard disk spin down to never. Don't let your screen go to sleep >>> either. >>> Also, screen effects needs to be set to never as well. >>> >>> If that doesn't cure your problem, switch to Apple branded DVD-Rs >>> as well. >>> >>> Ward >>> >>> Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 1041 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY >>> 40204 >>> 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: "Robert M. Klein" <robert at kleinlawyer.com> Reply-To: >>> macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:20:17 >>> -0500 To: >>> <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> Subject: MacGroup: iDVD problem >>> >>> I am trying to burn my first DVD using iDVD and iMovie. It's an 18 >>> minute >>> movie with about 170 clips, and I got it all into iDVD program OK. >>> Here's the >>> problem, and I hope someone can help me (iDVD help is a joke): It >>> gets to >>> step 4, matrixing (?) and burning and gets stuck there. It ran for >>> 8 hours >>> last night stuck on step 4. I'm using the latest iLife versions, OS >>> 10.3, >>> and a G5. >>> >>> Naturally, it's a project that I have spent about 30 hours on and I >>> have to >>> have it done now! >>> >>> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. If you are reading this >>> after 5 pm >>> today, please reply offline, as I get the digest version and I can't >>> waste >>> another day (I promise to share everything with the list). Thanks. >>> >>> Robert >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 12:41:38 -0800 >> From: Rex Baldazo <Rex.Baldazo at cnet.com> >> Subject: MacGroup: iPod minis have started shipping >> >> In case anyone had pre-ordered one of these bad boys, they have >> apparently >> started shipping the iPod minis: >> >> http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-5160249.html >> >> Should hit retail shelves this Friday, though I would assume the >> initial >> shipment is probably already spoken for. >> >> - --- Rex. >> >> >> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of macgroup-digest V1 #425 >> ****************************** >> >> >> >> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be February >> 24. >> For more information about the LCS, go to <http://www.kymac.org>. >> This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >> > > > Fastline Publications Inc. 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