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#Deluxe Paint II

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#126648From: Paul MacDonaldMay 25, 1988 8:59 PM
I put Deluxe Paint II on my hard disk. Needless to say, I am a font junkie with this mass storage device! But I'll be darned – DP II can't seem to display the names and sizes of all the fonts. Some wierd displays results when I attempt to pull down the fonts menu. Any comments? Paul
#126727From: John Sobernheim(TCR)May 26, 1988 10:41 AM
That's a known bug with Deluxe Paint, and about the only suggestion I can think of is that you split up your fonts into multiple directories, and then assign fonts: to the directory yout to work with. It's definately a kludge, but that's all I can think of. (Assuming you don't throw away Dpaint in disgust.)
#126784From: Paul MacDonaldMay 26, 1988 8:24 PM
Thanks for the info John. I assume that they haven't bothered to fix the bug. Its a shame that one spends good money on an expensive product from a large company like EA, and they never ever bother to send info on updates. They seem to rely on the word of mouth method. Then they usually charge a hefty price. There is a company called Meridien Software that sells a product for the Amiga called Zing!. I purchased Zing! when it first came out a couple years ago. Ever since then, Meridien sends a nice note letting me know when a new version is available. Then, they make the new version available for $5 (and that includes the disk). Wish all software companies were that generous.
#126784From: Paul MacDonaldMay 26, 1988 8:24 PM
Thanks for the info John. I assume that they haven't bothered to fix the bug. Its a shame that one spends good money on an expensive product from a large company like EA, and they never ever bother to send info on updates. They seem to rely on the word of mouth method. Then they usually charge a hefty price. There is a company called Meridien Software that sells a product for the Amiga called Zing!. I purchased Zing! when it first came out a couple years ago. Ever since then, Meridien sends a nice note letting me know when a new version is available. Then, they make the new version available for $5 (and that includes the disk). Wish all software companies were that generous.
#126727From: John Sobernheim(TCR)May 26, 1988 10:41 AM
That's a known bug with Deluxe Paint, and about the only suggestion I can think of is that you split up your fonts into multiple directories, and then assign fonts: to the directory yout to work with. It's definately a kludge, but that's all I can think of. (Assuming you don't throw away Dpaint in disgust.)
#126801From: GreG Tsadilas/SYSOPMay 26, 1988 8:59 PM
Paul, thats a known bug in Dpaint. There is noting you can do about it..ARE YOU LISTENING EA?? How about a FIX!? All I can suggest is that you break up your font directory into several smaller directories. Then you can assign the directory you want to be the current font dir from the CLI: Assign fonts: DirPath Where DirPath is the full path name of the directory you want to be used as your fonts directory.
#126801From: GreG Tsadilas/SYSOPMay 26, 1988 8:59 PM
Paul, thats a known bug in Dpaint. There is noting you can do about it..ARE YOU LISTENING EA?? How about a FIX!? All I can suggest is that you break up your font directory into several smaller directories. Then you can assign the directory you want to be the current font dir from the CLI: Assign fonts: DirPath Where DirPath is the full path name of the directory you want to be used as your fonts directory.