Re: Can't get Mac TT fonts to show up

[kimba@gnh-cathouse.cts.com (Kim Brennan)]

> From: cd248@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Richard Sherman)
> I formatted a macintosh disk on my IIgs and brought it to a friend's
> house where he copied some TrueType fonts over to the disk.  When I
> put the disk in my machine, the files show up in the finderas an
> "unknown" file type.  What gives??

This sounds normal. The Finder doesn't know anything about TrueType
fonts...Use POINTLESS to install the fonts (Pointless will recognize them).

> I'm also wondering where I can download TrueType versions of Avant
> Garde,
> Palatino, and Zapf Chancery.  GEnie and cco.caltech.edu don't seem to
> have them.  Any other good sites for TrueType fonts?

Unfortunately, these fonts, being commericial fonts can only be released by
people who are authorized to distribute them...such as Apple. Fortunately,
they ARE part of the Mac System Software, which you should be able to download
from America Online as well as many other places. If you don't have a Mac you
might need to get some help from a friend with one to get the fonts off of the
Mac System Disks.

> One last question.  I downloaded the TrueType version of Times from
> cco.caltech.edu and the file is about 240K.  Why so big?

Simple, the Times TrueType fonts is actually a SUITCASE which contains Times
Roman, Times Bold, Times Bold Italic and Times Italic. 

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