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- From: Stephan Bublava <stephan@iguwnext.tuwien.ac.at>
- Subject: Re: FileMaker Pro font problem?
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- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 13:42:48 GMT
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- Subject: FileMaker Pro font problem?
- From: Mike Lee, mikelee@oregon.uoregon.edu
- Date: 8 Dec 1992 17:31:52 GMT
-
- In article <mikelee-081292091652@fp1-pubs-7.uoregon.edu> Mike Lee,
- mikelee@oregon.uoregon.edu writes:
- >After moving my fonts to an external hard disk (linking with Suitcase),
- >FileMaker Pro now hangs on startup. I can get it to run by closing the
- font
- >suitcases, starting it, and then reopening the suitcases -- but does
- anyone
- >have a less cumbersome solution?
-
- I experienced similar crashes once. The reason was a corrupted font
- suitcase.
-
- >This problem only happens when the font suitcases are not on the startup
- >hard disk, and only with FileMaker Pro. (My other applications have no
- >problem with the font location.) The obvious solution is to move the
- fonts
- >back to the startup disk, but I like them where they are, and I don't
- want
- >to move them back unless I have no alternative.
- >
- >By the way, what is the "Claris Fonts" file that FileMaker Pro creates
- when
- >it runs? Does this have anything to do with my problem?
-
- FilemakerPro (as well as other Claris programs) display the items in the
- font menu in their real typeface, not in Chicago. The data needed to
- accomplish this is stored in the "Claris Fonts" file.
-
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- Stephan Bublava stephan@iguwnext.tuwien.ac.at
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