Adding Fonts to Button Magic

Button Magic uses the same font map as Showcase. To add fonts to Button Magic:

  1. Copy the fonts onto your system.

  2. Use the convertmacfont utility to convert the files into a format that is compatible with Silicon Graphics systems. It is in the /usr/sbin directory. To use it, type the following in a shell window:

    convertmacfont originalfile destinationfile

    The name of the destination file must match the font name defined in the file itself. This is usually obvious -- Times-Roman or Palatino-BoldItalic, for example.

  3. Put the resulting file in the directory /usr/lib/DPS/outline/base. In a shell window, type:

    1. su
    2. mv destinationfile /usr/lib/DPS/outline/base

    You may need your system administrator's help to have access to these files.

  4. To add entries for the new fonts, edit the file /usr/share/Showcase/showcasefont.map. The format for an entry is:

    fontname :w: defaultname : fallbackfont : boldfont italicfont : bold-italicfont |

fontname The name you see in the Font Family popup menu on the Master gizmo in Showcase. If you want to include a space in this name, enclose the name in quotation marks.
w A setting that causes words to wrap.
defaultname The font name to use as a substitute if the font does not exist on a system. This must be Courier, Times or Helvetica because these are required on all systems.
fallbackfont The font that is used if the font type defined is not found.
Last 4 entries Names of font files you created using the convertmacfont utility

Here is a sample entry:

"Avant Garde":w: Helvetica:
AvantGarde-Book:AvantGarde-Demi:AvantGarde-BookOblique
AvantGarde-DemiOblique |