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Re: Executor/DOS problems handling Mac fonts



>>>>> "Kyle" == Kyle Silfer <kyle@rtoads.com> writes:
In article <4kfrgv$ngg@sloth.swcp.com> kyle@rtoads.com (Kyle Silfer) writes:


    Kyle> I convert a lot of Mac fonts for my PC, and prior to
    Kyle> Executor, I would use Mac-ette (a good Mac disk reader) to
    Kyle> copy them over before running some conversion utilities.

    Kyle> Fonts copied via Executor/DOS, however, give me errors when
    Kyle> I attempt to convert them. The same font copied via Mac-ette
    Kyle> works fine. This leads me to believe that the resource fork
    Kyle> (which is where the goods reside in a Mac font) is not
    Kyle> handled with 100% accuracy for this particular purpose.

Hmmm...  So you're copying fonts from the Mac to the PC and you then
use some conversion program that wants the resource fork?  I don't
know what Mac-ette does, but Executor doesn't give you the resource
fork in a file by itself.  The datafork is in a file by itself, but
the resource fork is combined in a file that also contains the type
information and a map of what information is stored where.  You can
strip the first 512 bytes of the %file and then you're left with just
the resource fork.

Could that explain the problem?

    Kyle> Anybody have a similar difficulty with fonts?

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