Thanks Rex and Brian - now I know and perhaps a few other ignoramuses  
will know, too.
On Feb 18, 2004, at 16:57, Bryan Forrest wrote:

> Fixed width fonts are fonts in which every character is the same  
> width, regardless of whether it's an i or a W. Courier is an example  
> of a fixed width font. Other fonts are variable-width, or  
> proportional, fonts, so you don't end up with funny spacing or cramped  
> W's and M's. Each font takes up as much or as little space as needed  
> to display properly.
>
> Bryan C. Forrest
> Macintosh Specialist
> LifeNet
> http://www.lifenet.org
>
> On Feb 18, 2004, at 4:36 PM, Marta Edie wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
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