Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!steinmetz!ge-dab!peora!petsd!hill
From: hill@petsd.UUCP (John S. Hill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Macwrite default font
Message-ID: <1337@petsd.UUCP>
Date: 21 Sep 88 16:22:07 GMT
References: <1158@bio73.unsw.oz> <5491@claris.UUCP>
Reply-To: hill@petsd.UUCP (John S. Hill)
Organization: Perkin-Elmer DSG, Tinton Falls, N.J.
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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?
>>Thanks in advance.
>>			karl@bio73.unsw.oz
>
>Karl
>No it is not possible - sorry.
>	-Rich-
>-- 
> Richard Scorer       *   UUCP: {ames,apple,portal,sun,voder}!claris!richard
> Claris Corporation   *   AppleLink: Scorer1   *   CompuServe: 74017,344


As I recall, you used to be able to change the 'default application font'
bit(s) in PRAM.  Thus, when any "correct" application went to find the
default font, it would get the font that you installed.  Off the top of
my head, I don't recall exactly what number you would put into PRAM, but
you probably have to follow one of those strange formulas (i.e. take the
font id number and add/subtract some good computer number (128, 512, etc.))
I think that the program PRAM4.0 did all of this for you, but I can't say
because I'm pretty sure I got rid of this program a long time ago.  I know
for a fact that I got it off the net, so someone out there might still have
it.

All of the magazines etc. recommend you do it something like this:
Create a new document, change the font (and for that matter styles etc.)
and save this as something appropriate.  Then, next time you want to use
Macwrite, open this document, and immediately save it as something else.
This procedure works even better if the prototype document is saved in
Macwrite version 2.2 format - the newer Macwrites automatically change
the format, and open the existing document as Untitled.


        -- Good Luck, John.


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