Re: Apple Corporate Font!

[kpreid@ibm.net (Kevin Reid)]

Mitchell Spector <spec@vax2.concordia.ca> wrote:

>     "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.

As I understand it, FastFont is a file in the Fonts folder, which
contains a special version of Shaston for faster display.

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