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One should also note that MasterJuggler 1.5 will automatically resolve the second order NFNT number conflicts dynamically. That is, as long as the FONTs are properly different, the NFNT numbers are reordered in memory by MJ, and conflicts of the type you have described will not occur.
If you work with a service bureau, ask them for their screen font suitcases. That's the easiest way to ensure that you're compatible with what they're doing. And if they aren't using the PPA screen fonts, recommend that they change over to them.
The better method of accomplishing what you seek can be better obtained using Font Harmony (coupled with Suitcase II). Remember, the important thing isn't that you have such and such number for Palatino FOND and such and such number for Palatino Roman FONT or NFNT, but that all are different.…
Thanks for the info. I have one client's large collection of fonts on our system so as an experiment I'm going to harmonize and then examine the fonts with VariTyper's utility to see exactly what changes were made. Since 99% of our clients use one of the big four (PM,FH,Illus,Xpress)…
Thank you for a clear explanation of this puzzling phenomenon. Would you mind if I copied it over on the Aldus forum where there has been a discussion of font style/size conflicts? (With header intact, of course.)
I'm curious about this stuff. Can you tell me if, out there somewhere, there is a) a list of NFNT numbers for, say Adobe's family of types, and b) a utility that will allow me to "go into" the font file (suitcase?) and "install" the appropriate font ID #s? (I…
Font numbers from one system to the next ARE NOT SIGNIFICANT if the application using the fonts is written properly. Pagemaker, Freehand, Adobe, Quark and many programs like them (you'll need to check which ones) store fonts by FOND name, not by FOND number or by FONT or NFNT number.…
I've been telling my customers to steer clear of harmonizing their fonts because I was under the impression it would change the font numbers and thus affect printing at a service bureau. Is the process only changing the NFNT numbers or the FONDs as well? Put another way, is it…
##NFNT/Suitcase
Message #13233
Even when all the family-level ID numbers are harmonized (they should be right out of the box, if they are NFNT fonts) there may still be font number conflicts at the second, intra-family level (according to my sources, the primary numbers are FONDs, and the secondary numbers are the NFNTs).…
EPS and PageMaker
Message #3535
I have created a logo in Illustrator. Saved as EPS. Placed in \ Pagemaker 2.0. The logo is composed of some line art and Optima and Optima-Bold. It prints perfectly when printed directly from Illustrator. When placed in Pagemaker and printed, however, it can't seem to find the Optima font…
I really don't know what the problem is. My documents are 100-page manuals made up of roughly 10-12 chapters. The index is about 3-4 pages (single column). As I build the index, I get MANY instances of the famous 'sorry' box from ventura. If I keep clicking through the 'sorry'…
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Postscript fonts
Message #3533
Esther, Thank you for your reply, the problem was between my NEC890 and Ventura Publisher. I spoke to the people at Adobe at length, who were willing to work out my problem…they were super. Unfortunatly, I didn't have the time to spend on the phone. I was turned on to…
Bryan — How large is your document? We have done manuals as large as 300 pages with no size-related problems on toc or index. Eli
On the problem you are having with VP building TOCs and Indexes, is it because there are too many entries? I'm just curious because I will soon be creating a large document which should contain an index and TOC. What kind of problems should I expect to have? Thanks. Bryan
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#Ventura Pub. NEW UPGRADE
Message #3520
Re Ventura… I still have publications for which Ventura has never been able to build TOCs and Indexes. For over a year Xerox tells me they're sending a 'patch disk', but I've never received one. Now I get a 'deal' whereby this same support is available for $150/year (or so).…
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Ventura Pub. NEW UPGRADE
Message #3516
Bryan, Thank you for posting your message about the upgrades for Ventura Publisher. It was the case that rectangles with wide borders appeared to be poorly constructed. The edges did not always meet. There were several complaints that we received from users believing that it was their particular printer that…
Subject file names?
Message #3473
Can you please tell me the names of the files for Adobe screen fonts for both Macintosh and PC/DOS?
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DTP USERS' GROUPS
Message #3461
BIFF: THANKS FOR THE LEADS! I'LL FOLLOWUP ON THEM ASAP! STEVE BOWERS ("LOCALLY" IS BUFFALO, NEW YORK)
The problem involves the mass-selection of all graphic elements, followed by de-selection of a few elements, and finally followed by attempts to copy the selected elements. Under certain circumstances this results in a lock-up, return to DOS, or the famous "SORRY" message from VP. Bryan
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#Ventura Pub. NEW UPGRADE
Message #3452
Just what was your problem? I've noticed the graphics boxes have pretty sorry-looking corners.
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Zeus.arc
Message #110354
Ralph, what are you using to display the animation? It requires SHowAnim4.0 or older (current is 4.0). It was first uploaded as an LMV file, but was soon converted to ANIM format. If it's all one file, then it's in ANIM format. You may try to set you stack to…
converting image formats
Message #110237
A question, has anyone found an elegant (and fast) method for converting the Amiga's bitplane format to a nice pixel per byte form for quantitative processing? My own shift and OR code is moderately fast for C and 68000 but I keep wondering about the PixMate "Hyper-Slice" technology …
source version control
Message #110236
Does anyone know of a source code version control package for the amiga? I'm not looking for SCCS or RCS but I would find something that kept track of a simple sequence of version numbers (1, 2, 3, …), dates, and comments very useful. Most of the bits are around,…