[P1] Fonts Won't Install; Fonts Confuse Me

[Fred Stevens K2FRD]

At 20:42 -0500 08/11/03, Brian Pearce wrote:
>
>This drove me nuts, too. From what I've read, really the *only* 
>place you'll want to put fonts is in the Library-->Fonts folder in 
>your Users folder, or your Classic System Folder-->Fonts, if you use 
>them in Classic or in OS 9. The "Local" fonts folder doesn't apply 
>to you as a single user, and the "System" fonts folder is best left 
>alone; some applications will refuse to launch without the proper 
>System fonts installed, and others will just look funky.

Looks like you're right. Played around with a bunch of fonts which 
weren't showing up anywhere and moved them to Classic OS (9) - System 
Folder - Fonts. some showed up instantly, others after a Restart. 
Even though I had changed the Ownership/Permission from System to Me 
on all the font folders, many of those in System (X) - Library - 
Fonts still weren't showing up, so I moved some of the more 
interesting fonts to Classic and they are now showing up in 
Appleworks 6 (for OS X), even with Classic OS 9 not open.

>  (I don't use Appleworks, but it sounds like the "Appleworks Extra 
>Fonts" is more a place for fonts to be filed away, to be installed 
>elsewhere.)

Yes, just for storage.

I'd still like to learn what makes fonts tick.

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73 de Fred Stevens K2FRD
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