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From: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Macwrite default font
Message-ID: <11983@dhw68k.cts.com>
Date: 22 Sep 88 10:59:13 GMT
References: <1158@bio73.unsw.oz> <5491@claris.UUCP> <350@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod)
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In article <350@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu> dorner@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) writes:
>In article <5491@claris.UUCP> richard@claris.UUCP (Richard Scorer) writes:
>>In article <1158@bio73.unsw.oz> root@bio73.unsw.oz (Karl Redell ) writes:
>>>Is it possible to change the Macwrite default font?
>>
>>No it is not possible - sorry.
>
>I hate to argue with someone from Claris, but...  In MacWrite 4.5,
>changing the Mac's ``Application Font'' would change the default font
>that MacWrite uses.  There are several little programs that do this; a
>DA called ``ApplFont'' comes to mind.
>
>Of course, it may be that MacWrite 5.0 no longer uses the Application
>Font, in the interest of who knows what.

  It may not be practical, or even condoned, but it is ALWAYS possible.

If Claris has altered MacWrite 5.0 from 4.5/4.6 such that it sets the
default font in a "hardcoded" manner, rather than using the Application
Font, you can probably use a debugger and disk editor to 'fix' it.
Otherwise, you can use one of the many public domain/shareware DAs/INITs
that allow you to change the Application Font. One of the nicest I've
seen is a cdev called ApFont (v.3.0.1, which even lets you set font size).

-ken

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