Hello, maybe someone encountered this strange problem about fonts. A friend of mine gave me some fonts which he took from his G3 running Jaguar. He also partitioned the DD to accomodate OS 9.2. Surprisingly some (most) fonts ended on my 6500/275 with the suffix ".dfont" like in "Futura.dfont". They cannot be used. Tried everything I know even changing creator and type but nothing worked. What is this suffix and why can't I have suitcases that will be used on my PCI PowerMac 6500?
Under the classic Mac OS, fonts were contained in the resource fork of a "suitcase" file. But Mac OS X doesn't use structured files (they're flat, a homage to X's *nix roots). So Apple broke the suitcase technique and created the flat font file, ".dfont".
In other words, the .dfont file is a format used only by OS X and is incompatible with the classic Mac OS. There may, however, be some utilities available that will convert a .dfont file back into a classic suitcase. U'll to search around a bit, I guess.
Um, also note that there's probably a licensing issue. Unless they're PD, freeware, or shareware, those fonts are probably licensed to only ONE computer.
- Dan.
-- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and...
Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! |
Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html>
PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/>
Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
