[futurebasic] Re: [FB] Re : [FB] [FB3] Charcoal font in edocs

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From: Chris Stasny <staz@...>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 08:39:54 -0500
>> Charcoal is required for some special characters:
>> ("Command", for instance).
>>
>> Is there an alternative font that Staz could use
>> in eDocs? (Staz has indicated that he might
>> consider a change for release 1 if there was
>> a simple way to do it)
>
>AFAIK Chicago, the TrueType version, also contained chars like the puppy
>paw, the alt, tab etc keys...
>
>Otherwise I can hack together an appropriate font in Fontographer, and
>'donate' it to Staz - this would also allow other necessary symbols to be
>included - this could either be bundled with the eDoc, or 'embedded' in it.
>
>If you want me to do this... I'll need a list of the symbols from Staz.
>
>jonathan

The only problem is the command symbol. If I use chicago, then the command
symbol won't print on most laser printers. If we embed a font in the
documents, then the system will crash if they exit while printing. How
about if I just include the Charcoal font in the documents folder?



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