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Re: Monospaced font

on 28/08/2003 01:13, Matt Deatherage at email@hidden wrote:

> On 8/27/03 at 12:06 PM, Mike Kluev <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> It works! Last time I erroneously used GetScriptManagerVariable
>> instead of GetScriptVariable.
>>
>> But then, if I remove monaco font from my computer it still
>> returns 0x00040009. Seems to be hardcoded.
>
> Well, first, don't do that: the OS is pretty much allowed to assume that
> anything it installs is going to be there. You remove fonts from
> /System/Library/Fonts at your own risk, and if the OS complains about it,
> Apple will likely just say "ha-ha!" (I know I would.)
>
> It's similar to how the classic Mac OS is free to assume that Geneva 9, Geneva
> 12, Monaco 9, and Chicago 12 will always be present, because they're in the
> System file and, in older machines, burned into ROM.
>
> Second, since these are Script Manager variables, they're just data that's
> copied out of the 'itlb' resource, or whatever takes its place these days.
> It's not like the system goes walking the font list looking for other
> monospaced fonts to use if the one specified in the ItlbExtRecord isn't
> installed - it has no way of knowing that any other font supports the script
> system you want.
>
> Finding monospace fonts in general is a whole nother thread.

Good points. Although I would expect to see the setting in General
(or other) control panel that would allow user to select monospaced
font (e.g. to choose between Courier and Monaco). I will file feature
request.

Mike
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