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- From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: Type 1s with 7.1?
- Message-ID: <mike_steiner-111192122737@192.35.50.131>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 20:29:17 GMT
- References: <1992Nov07.101033.31338@uu0570.foggybottom.com> <ARIE.92Nov8141504@quip.eecs.umich.edu> <ferch.721292510@swiss.ucs.ubc.ca>
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- In article <ferch.721292510@swiss.ucs.ubc.ca>, ferch@ucs.ubc.ca (Les Ferch)
- wrote:
- >
- > >System 7.1 font management won't let the user pull out fonts from the
- > >Fonts folder if programs other than the finder are active/open. For
- > >users who have many fonts and need to close some of them some of the
- > >time, a suitcase type utility still has an advantage.
- >
- > That was the first thing I tried with 7.1 and you most certainly can add
- > or remove fonts from the fonts folder while other programs are running.
- > You just have to quit and relaunch your applications for the font folder
- > changes to be reflected in the Font menu.
-
- That is true for adding fonts. However, you can't remove fonts from the
- folder while any applications are running.
-
- > I've heard claim that Suitcase II will allow you to open and close font
- > files and the changes will be reflected in application Font menus without
- > quitting and relaunching. However, I have not been able to get this to
- > happen using SuitCase II 1.2.12. I find that I still have to quit and
- > relaunch an application before its font menu reflects any changes in the
- > fonts opened by Suitcase.
-
- That is because applications construct the Font menu only once--upon
- initilialization when they are launched.
-
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