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- ProFont Description v1.0.1 of 28 June 94
-
- There are 3 reasons for updating this document:
-
- 1) My address has changed. I can now be reached at:
- squeegee@cris.com, or
- squeegee@aol.com
-
- 2) I've gotten notes from several people who were thrown by the
- apparent emptiness of the ProFont suitcase. It's not empty.
- It looks empty because Monaco 9 is a "reserved" font. The
- good folks who write the System Software don't want users
- to delete, move, or otherwise munge with Monaco 9, Chicago
- 12, and Geneva 9 and 12. So, the names of these fonts are
- removed (filtered out) from lists of font names produced by
- the Finder. Since the ProFont suitcase contains only Monaco
- 9, it appears empty. Trust me, it's not REALLY empty.
-
- 3) Apparently some unstuffing utilities don't honor the "locked"
- attribute of files. The ProFont suitcase as distributed is
- a locked file. Before installing the suitcase under System
- 7.1.x, use the Finder's "Get Info" command to verify that
- the ProFont suitcase is locked (and lock it if it isn't).
-
- The original document follows except I fixed my e-mail address
- and changed the date.
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- *** Manifest
- ProFont Suitcase
- FreeGeneva
- ProFont Sample
- ProFont Info (this file)
-
- *** What's Profont?
-
- ProFont is a better version of "Monaco 9" which is especially good for
- programmers. To see some of the features of ProFont, open the "ProFont
- Sample" file using TeachText. It was created circa 1987 by Andrew Welch
- (AndrewWelc@AOL.com) . Here's his description of ProFont:
-
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- Introduction
- -----------
-
- Apple’s font Monaco is used by many development systems as the default
- font, and with good reason—it matches the ImageWriter’s internal font in
- width so quick Draft prints (when you are searching for that damn bug!)
- print out perfectly. However, it is not the most carefully thought out
- font when it comes to programming.
- To programmers, being able to read what you see on the screen is VERY
- important—just one misplaced symbol can be the difference between a
- successful compilation and a frustrating editing session. Unfortunately,
- Monaco, as Apple presents it, is not very readable. The symbols are
- small, there is no way to tell the difference between a zero and an ‘O’ on
- the screen, and the one, “I”, and “l” characters are almost identical.
- Not good.
-
- About ProFont
- -------------
-
- ProFont is a font created to be the most readable font for programming.
- It has slashed zero’s, distinct punctuation, larger parentheses and
- brackets, distinct one’s, “l’s,” and “I’s,” and reshaped text characters
- for readability.
- ProFont is actually a modified Monaco, so you still maintain the correct
- size font for printing Draft prints and your development system will still
- default to it (if it ever did), but you gain readability. Not a bad
- trade–off, eh?
-
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-
- *** History & Instructions
-
- ProFont was originally distributed inside an installer application which
- you could use to install the font in place of Monaco 9. It could also
- remove ProFont to restore the use of the regular Monaco 9. When the Mac
- SE and II came out, the installer stopped being effective because Apple
- decided to put Monaco 9 in ROM. The (ugly) ROM version would be used in
- preference to any version installed in the System file. The workaround
- was to install ROM Override List resources (ROv#) into the System file to
- tell it that the Monaco 9 in the System file should override the ROM
- version.
-
- With System 7 that method broke as well. System 7 doesn't use the
- Monaco 9 in ROM. Instead, Apple put Monaco 9 on a list of "reserved" fonts
- using an 'FRSV' and or 'resf' resource. This is why Monaco 9 doesn't appear
- in any lists of fonts in the System file for example. It's there, but since
- the Mac needs to count on at least a few fonts being installed (Chicago 12,
- Monaco 9, Geneva 9, and Geneva 12), System 7 doesn't let you mess with
- them.
-
- Bryan K. Ressler (BEAKER@AppleLink.apple.com) wrote a little utility
- called FreeGeneva which can remove and restore this protection.
-
- To install ProFont under System 7, 7.0.1, here's the procedure:
-
- 1) Quit all applications except the Finder.
-
- 2) Run FreeGeneva. Choose to "Free the Fonts".
-
- 3) Drag the ProFont suitcase onto your closed System Folder icon.
-
- 4) Say OK when asked if you want to put "Monaco 9" into the System File.
-
- 5) Say OK when asked if you want to replace the existing "Monaco 9."
-
- 6) Run FreeGeneva. Choose to "Hide the Fonts."
-
- Under System 7.1 it's a little easier:
-
- 1) Quit all applications except the Finder.
-
- 2) Drag the ProFont suitcase onto your closed System Folder icon.
-
- 3) Say OK when asked if you want to put ProFont into the Fonts Folder.
-
- *** Credits
-
- ProFont was originally shareware. Andrew Welch has generously given
- his permission for it now to be distributed freely: "let's make it free
- though [...] just credit me for making the font in the first place, and
- you're good to go!"
-
- Andrew Welch created ProFont! Thanks Andrew!
-
- He can be reached at the following addresses:
-
- America Online-=> AndrewWelc <<or>> AmbrosiaSW
- GEnie-=> ANDREW.WELCH
- Internet-=> AndrewWelc@AOL.com <<or>> AmbrosiaSW@AOL.com
- US Mail-=> AndrewWelch/Ambrosia/PO Box 23140/Rochester, NY 14692
-
- I am Steve Gilardi. I've gotten ProFont to work with successive System
- releases for my personal use, and have shared the methods with other
- folks from time to time. I can be reached at: squeegee@cris.com or
- squeegee@aol.com.
-
- If you have any trouble installing ProFont, or if I can improve the
- procedures above, please let me know.
-
- Enjoy ProFont!
-
- --Steve
-
- 28 June 94
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