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- Subject: Re: VENTURA 3.0 / TRUETYPE Problem
- Message-ID: <davidw.715301896@ida.dsir.govt.nz>
- From: davidw@ida.dsir.govt.nz (David White)
- Date: 31 Aug 92 22:58:16 GMT
- Sender: news@am.dsir.govt.nz
- References: <2892672000wnx@ahuriri.gen.nz>
- Organization: DSIR/IDA Auckland, New Zealand
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- In <2892672000wnx@ahuriri.gen.nz> john@ahuriri.gen.nz writes:
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- >I've been having a problem with TrueType and Ventura. When I add new
- >Truetype fonts Ventura croaks during startup with the message "Divide by
- >Zero or Overflow Error"
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- >The added fonts work fine with other Windows apps (Write et al). Deleting
- >the newly added fonts fixes the problem with Ventura.
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- >The software setup is Win 3.1 and Ventura 3.0 I tried re-installing Ventura
- >with the new fonts present, but this didn't solve the problem. The fonts
- >were from the cica archive.
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- >I've tried the local Ventura agents with no success, so any ideas would
- >be much appreciated.
-
- John,
- The local agent at this end of the country found out the answer:
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- Ventura does not like converted TT fonts. At least the CICA ones, anyway.
- Apparently, they don't include all the font information required. If you
- remove the CICA TrueType fonts, it should work again. (I had the same
- problem).
-
- david
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