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- From: friedan@raunvis.hi.is (Daniel Friedan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: U.S. System 7.0.1 with Icelandic fonts?
- Summary: I would like to build a U.S. System 7.0.1 with Icelandic fonts.
- Keywords: fonts
- Message-ID: <friedan.714802708@raunvis>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 04:18:28 GMT
- Sender: usenet@rhi.hi.is
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- I'd greatly appreciate advice on the following problem.
-
- I'm trying to set up a Classic II so that it runs the U.S. version of
- System 7.0.1 but can be used to do word processing in Icelandic and
- Swedish as well as English, with the three corresponding keyboard
- layouts available to choose from.
-
- I have available the following system software
- U.S. System 7.0.1 with Tuneup 1.1.1
- Icelandic System 7.0.1 with Tuneup 1.1.1
- Swedish System 7.0.1 with Tuneup 1.1.1
- International System 7.0.1.1 with Tuneup 1.0.
-
- Here is what I've attempted so far.
-
- First, I installed U.S. System 7.0.1 with Tuneup 1.1.1.
-
- Then I used MountImage to open the font disk of the Icelandic System 7.0.1
- installation set. I dropped all the Icelandic fonts onto the U.S. 7.0.1
- System folder and agreed to have them installed in the System, replacing
- the fonts of the same name already there.
-
- Then I opened the System file on one of the Icelandic 7.0.1 installation
- disks, again using MountImage, and copied the Icelandic keyboard layout
- to the U.S. System folder and agreed to have it installed in the System.
-
- Then I restarted the Classic II.
-
- After I restarted, the Icelandic keyboard layout was present in the
- Keyboard control panel along with the English one.
-
- But three of the fonts did not give the Icelandic characters --
- Chicago 12pt, Geneva 9pt and Geneva 12pt.
-
- In Word 5.0a, or in Key Caps from the Apple Menu, the characters eth
- and thot were displayed as empty squares. Likewise for the accented
- capital letters U,I,O,A (but not E).
-
- All the other fonts displayed eth, thot and the accented capitals correctly.
-
- And if the Icelandic letters are used in file or folder names, the
- letters are displayed as empty squares, presumably because the System
- uses Geneva 9 and/or Geneva 12.
-
- A further anomaly -- now, after a number of shutdowns and restarts, I
- still see both the Icelandic and English keyboard layouts in the
- Keyboard control panel, but when I open the System file I see only
- fonts and sounds, no keyboard layouts at all. I'm sure I saw the
- Icelandic keyboard layout there soon after I installed it because I
- remember noticing that the accented 'I' in 'Islensk displayed as an
- empty square.
-
- I feel out of my depth and would very much appreciate advice on what I'm
- doing wrong or, alternatively, advice on a better way to get the
- Icelandic, Swedish and U.S. alphabet and keyboard layouts all available
- under System 7.0.1.
-
- thanks in advance,
-
- Daniel Friedan <friedan@raunvis.hi.is>
-