From: Dan Shafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2 August 2004 8:18:46 AM To: Revolution User List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: More on Xplat Fonts Reply-To: How to use Revolution <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I was perusing the RealBASIC archives and some other language discussion areas and what I've found is that the problem of xplat fonts is huge and has so far been solved only by Macromedia Director and then only very inefficiently.
Actually I think only Flash has managed to come up with a half (and a small half at that) decent solution with its font outlines. Director's embedded fonts still cause problems on some systems if you don't have administrator rights.
It is generally illegal to include fonts (those that are copyrighted) in an application, e.g. So packaging up fonts as part of the install process may not work.
As I said in an earlier post, Java programmer friends of mine tell me this is their biggest single xplat issue as well. So maybe we just have to live with it, do platform checking, master the use of profiles, set up some suggested standards.... In short, do it the hard way!
Exactly.
Terry...
Dr Terry Judd Lecturer in Educational Technology (Design) Biomedical Multimedia Unit Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences The University of Melbourne _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
