Mac OS 8.5 Technote: Part XXIV

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Inside the System File (Continued)

Font Manager

The Font Manager provides system-wide services for the retrieval of glyphs for display of textual information.
  • The Font Manager is now PowerPC-native.

  • A problem where an italic bitmap font would incorrectly override a TrueType font of the same size displaying letters with the wrong style has been corrected. Now, the TrueType font will be displayed unless the style of the bitmap font matches exactly.

  • Font Manager no longer allocates or de-allocates caches on a per-processes basis. A system-wide font cache is allocated at system startup in the system heap. All processes share this same cache.

  • The Font Manager does more parameter checking than in previous versions.

  • Font Manager now purges fonts from the font cache more aggressively.

  • All fonts shipping with Mac OS 8.5 (except VT102) include the new Euro glyph.

  • The US version of Mac OS 8.5 ships with the following new fonts: Capitals, Gadget, Sand, Techno, and Textile.

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