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- From: tlm@iastate.edu (Tom Marchioro)
- Subject: Re: Wanted: App to preview fonts without installing them.
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
- References: <1992Dec13.114133.18500@mic.ucla.edu>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 01:19:47 GMT
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- In <1992Dec13.114133.18500@mic.ucla.edu> iwelch@agsm.ucla.edu (Ivo Welch) writes:
-
-
- >[1] Is there an application that would allow me to preview fonts without
- >having to install them first?
-
- > <further>
-
- You can do this with Yap. First, load the outline file into Yap, then
- give the following commands (assuming the font is, say, Western, substitute
- the proper name)
-
- /Western findfont
- 48 scalefont
- setfont
- 72 200 moveto
- (here is some text) show
- showpage
-
-
- this will cause "here is some text" to appear at 48 point in Yaps window
- (after you hit the Execute button of course). This is also a good trick
- for checking out a font in case you get the ubiquitous "Unusable Font"
- error message, which can be caused by all sorts of things. Use this to
- make sure that the outline file is okay. (i.e. if the font shows properly
- this way then the problme is usually with the .afm file instead).
-
- >[2] Is there a way to store fonts I use once a year in a lower-level font
- >chooser?
-
-
- Yes, at least for all of the PD and shareware fonts (particularly those
- made with the conversion tools from the Mac). I figured this out some
- months ago and have been meanign to post it. Will write it up and post
- here later tonight under the subject "Helpful Font Panel Trick"
-
- >[3] Are there other good monospaced fonts that work with Terminal, Stuart,
- >etc.?
-
-
- Personally I think Ohlfs is the nicest ofthe bunch (basically because it's
- Courier "tuned" to the NeXT screen), but I've not yet seen the font Don
- Yackman (sp?) recently posted to sonata.
-
-
- Hope this is helpful --- Tom
-
-