Re: Apple Corporate Font!

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article Charles Stephens <devnull@dobbs.eng.sun.com> writes...

>>>>>> "JG" == John G <johng@videotron.ca> writes:
> 
> JG> O.K. I feel stupid for not knowing this.
> JG> This is the question that I have been curious for a
> JG> while now...:
> 
> JG> What font is it that Apple uses for their GUIs.
> 
> JG> From the time of GS/OS to the current Macs. I
> JG> believe it has not changed.
> 
>Well Mac's use Chicago and GS/OS uses Fast Font (which is a sans serif
>proportional font).

    "Fast.Font" isn't actually a font, it is a set of routines used
by GS/OS to help speed things up when rendering/scrolling bitmapped 
fonts, if more than 512K is present (I'm going from memory here, so 
I could be off, though it is definitely a system file).

    The Apple IIgs uses 'Shaston.8' as the default font under GS/OS
and ProDOS 16. This font is actually ROM based, so you won't find 
it in the System folder or anywhere on disk.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca