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 REQUIRED DATE- OPEN          USER PRIORITY WEIGHT-  51    RANKING-  0020
 DATE RECEIVED- MAY 28, 1997  REQUEST STANDING  - REVIEW   AS OF- JUN 16, 1997
                              TYPE- MAINT

 DESCRIPTION-

        I use Warp 3 with FixPack 26.  I installed some shareware
        fonts from the Hobbes CD-ROM, and experienced crashes and
        WorkPlace Shell corruption due to errors in PMATM.DLL when
        using seemingly random fonts.  While I am aware that shareware
        fonts come with no warranty, OS/2 is supposed to be STABLE and
        CRASH-PROTECTED.  It should perform better if it encounters
        errors in a font file.  The idea is NO CRASH, NO CORRUPTION.
        Possible solutions:  use one of OS/2's standard fonts
        automatically when error occurs.  Warn the user. Check the
        validity of font files before loading them, etc.

        ATTRIBUTES:

        MEDIUM Value
        Desired next FIXPACK

        BENEFIT$

        *  Improved OS/2's stability.
        *  Encourage Desktop Publishing professionals to use OS/2
           (they already use Adobe Type 1 fonts heavil!y, or so I hear)

        Submitted by:

        Ludovic Brenta
        Lyon, France
        brenta@gprhp.insa-lyon.fr

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