Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!a379
From: a379@mindlink.UUCP (Gordon Mulcaster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Font Problem Mystery!
Message-ID: <550@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 29 Sep 89 13:58:54 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> Bill Petro writes
> 
> In a few of my applications, I have what appears to be a font scaling
> problem.  It looks just like a Chicago font, scaled to be 9 point, although
> there is only a 12 point Chicago to my knowledge.  I do of course have a 9
> point Geneva.  Should these applications be calling a Geneva font instead of
> Chicago?

No, the Mac is working correctly. The Mac should NEVER change fonts without you
telling it to. If you don't have a screen font of the right size (i.e. 9 point
Chicago), the Mac will make one, by scaling whatever font size you have (it
will use the "best" size available--i.e. it will turn 12 point chicago into 24
point chicago by quadrupling the size of each dot, even if say 18 point chicago
is also available).

ttul
gm