cgFonts here & broken
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Anyone
I got my cgFont package yesterday. Followed the instructions loading all
to the hard disk. When I tried to use one of the new font I get the
following message: Not enough memory to start Compugraphic Font Task.
characters not already in Cache can not be displayed.
My avail CHIP: 571,368
FAST: 6,920,464
Has anyone display the new fonts?
Bob Naffziger – Vivid Copy
Bob, I had the same message last week when I first got it… my solution
was to switch back to the WB, create the fonts I needed, and then it worked
fine… in other words, I wasn't able to get it to consistently create the
letters on the 'fly', but could easily create them outside using their font
utility, and once they are in the cache they work fine. I alos have tons of
memory avail, so don't know what is happening… good luck –jp–
John
The file CGT must be with the fonts. The programmer must of defaulted to
that error message, even when something else was wrong.
Bob Naffziger – Vivid Copy
I had the same problem when I got the new fonts! The answer is in the file
CGT. Make sure this file is in the CGFonts: Directory. That will fix that
problem, but get ready for a lot more problems that you bargained for. #1.
No where did they mention that you need a hard disk for the new fonts! But
I have four megs of mem, so I just made a 2 meg rad: disk an send the fonts
there. #2. The program BOMBS. I cannot figure out why; but it just locks up
when you change magnification, or you highlight a box and change the font.
I called gold disk and they said I should send the fonts to RAD: and change
the name of rad: to CGFonts. But to me that makes no sense since if I had a
hard drive, why would I cange my hard drives name to CGFonts? They were no
help I spent 5 days trying to get through.
P.S. If you want to call Gold Disk call at 5 to 9 in the morning and let it
ring till someone picks up. It worked!! Barry Kucher
Barry,
Sorry about butting in, BUT, maybe this might help. As far as the New
CGFONTS without hard drive I think that if you would make a directory
called CGFonts: on your 2 meg. RAD and then ASSIGN CGFONTS: RAD:CGFonts and
ASSIGN CGCache: CGFonts: that should take care of the naming. Then ASSIGN
FONTS: CGFonts: before running PPAGE.
I installed the CGFonts on my hard drive and have NOT had one problem.
My fonts for PPAGE are installed as follows:
I ASSIGN FONTS: PPAGE:FONTS before running PPAGE in my PPAGE:FONT
directory I have all the regular fonts (the ones that came with PPAGE 1.31)
and I have the follow sub-directory structure PPAGE:FONTS/CGFonts/CGCache.
Both, CGFonts: and CGCache: are ASSIGNED in my startup-sequence to their
proper path.
As far as the program "BOMBING", I had this happened several times
too, I called Gold Disk's Tech. Support (BTW, I have NEVER had a hard time
reaching them, I dial 3-5 times and always get them — I am in Florida) and
they told me to delete the files in the CGFont:CGCache/ directory because
they apparently became corrupt. I was told that these files are
automagically created by PPAGE and they must be deleted and PPAGE would
re-create new ones. I did this and PPAGE worked! So, from time-to-time I
have to repeat this process. However, this may not be your problem, but
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I hope it is, because the above is a simple work-around.
I found that in PPAGE 1.31 that saving a document with "Right AMIGA S"
would corrupt the file so I now always use the "Right AMIGA Z" to save my
files — since then I have never had another corrupt file.
— Gary Lucas —
Barry:
If you had a hard drive, you would create a directory called CGFonts, and
then would assign the volume name CGFonts to that directory.
On my machine, I have all of this on hard disk partition DH1, so the
CGFonts directory is:
DH1:PPage/CGFonts (i.e. I have all the PPage stuff in a directory called
PPage, and have a subdirectory in there called CGFonts).
So, in my startup-sequence, I have a line that reads:
assign CGFonts: DH1:PPage/CGFonts
(BTW, I also have one that reads "assign PPage: Dh1:PPage")
In other words, you can either have a floppy or ram/rad/vd0 disk named
CGFonts, OR you can "assign" the volume name "CGFonts" to a directory.
By renaming your RAD: to CGFonts:, you are, in effect, doing the same
thing.
Ray Lewis