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- From: max@eskimo.celestial.com (Max Pinton)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: Compressing fonts?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.012607.10259@eskimo.celestial.com>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 01:26:07 GMT
- References: <bondir.39.0@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu>
- Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
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- bondir@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu writes:
- : >Subject: Compressing fonts?
- :
- : >Is there any way to effectively compress bitmap, TrueType and PostScript Type
- : >1 fonts, and still have them be accessible as needed? I'm running AutoDoubler
- : >on my system (System 7, IIsi), but it doesn't touch anything in the system
- : >folder. I have a lot of fonts on the system, and I want to add still more,
- : >but they take up lots of disk space.
- :
- : Suitcase II comes with a utility that compresses bitmap fonts well while
- : keeping them open for use.
-
- Remember, though, that System 7 will claim that these compressed
- fonts are "damaged" and won't open them. Font/DA Mover will, though. You
- still have Font/DA Mover, don't you?
-