Re: Pointless <-> 6.0.1 problem

[mattd@apple.com (Matt Deatherage)]

In article <21sq4sINN6pm@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>, bsherman@mthvax.cs.miami.edu
(Bob Sherman) wrote:
> 
> I spoke today with Tony Gentile at Westcode customer support. He tells
>  me of a new workaround for the problem that shows up when using 
>  Pointless with GSOS 6.0.1.  He said an easy way to solve the problem is to
>  just replace the font manager tool (tool 025) in 6.0.1 with the one
>  from 6.0. 

DO _NOT_ put 6.0 tools on 6.0.1 software.  It is untested, it will cause
programs that require 6.0.1 versions to arbitrarily fail, and it is, in
general, an extremely bad idea.

We have specifically told Westcode "Do not tell people to do this,
especially since generating a bitmap font from an outline is a safe and
solid workaround for the problem."  For some reason they don't see fit to
share this information with you, so I guess I get to.

Again:  DO NOT PUT 6.0 TOOLS ON 6.0.1 DISKS.

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