Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!b-tech!m2-net!ludis From: ludis@m2-net.UUCP (Ludis Langens) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Fonts and FullWrite Keywords: Fonts Adobe Fractional Widths Message-ID: <2114@m2-net.UUCP> Date: 10 Aug 88 07:15:13 GMT References: <7109@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> Reply-To: ludis@m-net.UUCP (Ludis Langens) Organization: M-NET, Ann Arbor, MI Lines: 19 In article <7109@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> jjs@juggler.PRC.Unisys.COM (James Solderitsch) writes: >The font names appeared ok in the FullWrite font menu, but the spacings >were incorrect on the screen. For example, typing in a string of >i's showed varying widths -- the spacing between successive i's was >not uniform. I've also noticed that my copies of Helvetica also >don't appear spaced correctly on the screen. The behaviour you see is correct. That is how QuickDraw aproximates drawing fonts with fractional widths. >I am running FullWrite under system 6.0 (multifinder), and when I save files and >do get info from the Finder, the files are labeled as FullWrite dictionary >(or FullWrite Glossary) files instead of standard FullWrite document files. >Thus I can't double click on them. Clear the bundle bits on the Dictionary and Thesaurus files with ResEdit and rebuild your desktop. Alternately, request a new dictionary disk from your dealer. This was fixed some time ago. Ludis Langens umix!m-net!ludis