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Re: Executor/DOS problems handling Mac fonts



On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Kyle Silfer wrote:

> I convert a lot of Mac fonts for my PC, and prior to Executor, I
> would use Mac-ette (a good Mac disk reader) to copy them over before
> running some conversion utilities. Fonts copied via Executor/DOS,
> however, give me errors when I attempt to convert them.

 The same font copied via Mac-ette works fine. This
> leads me to believe that the resource fork (which is where the
> goods reside in a Mac font) is not handled with 100% accuracy for
> this particular purpose. 
> 
> Anybody have a similar difficulty with fonts?

Yes, I also did't suceed by using Executor. Now I copy the fonts
to a DOS-formatted floppy on a real mac and I can read the resources
that are contained in (hidden) directory a:\resource.frk\*.*

--- Karsten Schneeberger



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