Re: Problems with Asimov! Pointless

[warnken@nospam@mother.com]

On Sat, 09 Jun 2001 04:44:01 GMT, "william strutts"
wrstrutts1@home.com> wrote:
 
>Does the IIgs support Truetype fonts and/or Adobe
>typemanager?
 
Jeff Blakeney replied:
 
The IIgs can use Mac TrueType fonts using a CDEV called Pointless.  It
was written by West Code and is currently being sold by Shareware
Solutions II.  Check out:
 
     [9]http://users.foxvalley.net/~joko
 
I believe there is a program called FontPimp that can convert Windows
TrueType fonts to Mac TrueType fonts for use with Pointless.  My
memory isn't cooperating with me right now.  :)
 
FontPimp does convert windows TT fonts to GS usable ones. I find it a prickly program. Sometimes it wont recognize a Windows font.  Sometimes it takes a couple of tries before it will convert one.  It's shareware and requires charitable donations for payment.  
 
In addition:  You can print True Type fonts under GSOS with Pointless with AppleWorks GS and GraphicWriter III.  Of course with Harmonie and a parallel card you can attach a HP printer and get stupendous documents.  
 
More easily you can install Pointless on the AWGS v.1.1 system disk by removing T3 on a ROM1 to make enough room.  Needless to say it takes more than 1 meg RAM to do any fancy word processing.  
 
And the last Pointless upgrade does not work on system 5.
 
Sandy