root@bio73.unsw.oz (Karl Redell ) (09/15/88)
Is it possible to change the Macwrite default font? Thanks in advance. karl@bio73.unsw.oz
richard@claris.UUCP (Richard Scorer) (09/21/88)
In article <1158@bio73.unsw.oz> root@bio73.unsw.oz (Karl Redell ) writes: >Is it possible to change the Macwrite default font? > >Thanks in advance. > karl@bio73.unsw.oz Karl No it is not possible - sorry. -Rich- -- Richard Scorer * UUCP: {ames,apple,portal,sun,voder}!claris!richard Claris Corporation * AppleLink: Scorer1 * CompuServe: 74017,344
dorner@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) (09/21/88)
In article <5491@claris.UUCP> richard@claris.UUCP (Richard Scorer) writes: >In article <1158@bio73.unsw.oz> root@bio73.unsw.oz (Karl Redell ) writes: >>Is it possible to change the Macwrite default font? > >No it is not possible - sorry. I hate to argue with someone from Claris, but... In MacWrite 4.5, changing the Mac's ``Application Font'' would change the default font that MacWrite uses. There are several little programs that do this; a DA called ``ApplFont'' comes to mind. Of course, it may be that MacWrite 5.0 no longer uses the Application Font, in the interest of who knows what. -- Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office Internet: dorner@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu UUCP: {convex,uunet}!uiucuxc!dorner IfUMust: (217) 244-1765
borton@uva.UUCP (Chris Borton) (09/21/88)
In article <5491@claris.UUCP> richard@claris.UUCP (Richard Scorer) writes: >In article <1158@bio73.unsw.oz> root@bio73.unsw.oz (Karl Redell ) writes: >>Is it possible to change the Macwrite default font? >> >No it is not possible - sorry. > > Richard Scorer * UUCP: {ames,apple,portal,sun,voder}!claris!richard > Claris Corporation * AppleLink: Scorer1 * CompuServe: 74017,344 Ah, but doesn't MacWrite use the default application font? (Gosh, I hope so! If not, disregard this and add another flame to my list for MacWrite) The default application font is changed easily enough with PRAM. -cbb -- Chris Borton borton%uva@mcvax.{nl,bitnet,uucp} Rotary Scholar, University of Amsterdam CS "MesS-DOS programmers did it yesterday. Mac programmers do it today. OS/2 programmers claim they will do it tomorrow. [I don't believe them :-)]"
hill@petsd.UUCP (John S. Hill) (09/21/88)
In article <5491@claris.UUCP> richard@claris.UUCP (Richard Scorer) writes: >In article <1158@bio73.unsw.oz> root@bio73.unsw.oz (Karl Redell ) writes: >>Is it possible to change the Macwrite default font? >>Thanks in advance. >> karl@bio73.unsw.oz > >Karl >No it is not possible - sorry. > -Rich- >-- > Richard Scorer * UUCP: {ames,apple,portal,sun,voder}!claris!richard > Claris Corporation * AppleLink: Scorer1 * CompuServe: 74017,344 As I recall, you used to be able to change the 'default application font' bit(s) in PRAM. Thus, when any "correct" application went to find the default font, it would get the font that you installed. Off the top of my head, I don't recall exactly what number you would put into PRAM, but you probably have to follow one of those strange formulas (i.e. take the font id number and add/subtract some good computer number (128, 512, etc.)) I think that the program PRAM4.0 did all of this for you, but I can't say because I'm pretty sure I got rid of this program a long time ago. I know for a fact that I got it off the net, so someone out there might still have it. All of the magazines etc. recommend you do it something like this: Create a new document, change the font (and for that matter styles etc.) and save this as something appropriate. Then, next time you want to use Macwrite, open this document, and immediately save it as something else. This procedure works even better if the prototype document is saved in Macwrite version 2.2 format - the newer Macwrites automatically change the format, and open the existing document as Untitled. -- Good Luck, John. -- -- -- | | --- ----- --- |\ | ---- ---- ----- | | | | | |___ | |___| | \ | | __ | __ | | | | |___| ____| | | | | \| |____| |____| | ...there is no substitute John S. Hill -- UUCP: {princeton,att,decvax}!vax135!petsd!hill
thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod) (09/22/88)
In article <350@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu> dorner@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) writes: >In article <5491@claris.UUCP> richard@claris.UUCP (Richard Scorer) writes: >>In article <1158@bio73.unsw.oz> root@bio73.unsw.oz (Karl Redell ) writes: >>>Is it possible to change the Macwrite default font? >> >>No it is not possible - sorry. > >I hate to argue with someone from Claris, but... In MacWrite 4.5, >changing the Mac's ``Application Font'' would change the default font >that MacWrite uses. There are several little programs that do this; a >DA called ``ApplFont'' comes to mind. > >Of course, it may be that MacWrite 5.0 no longer uses the Application >Font, in the interest of who knows what. It may not be practical, or even condoned, but it is ALWAYS possible. If Claris has altered MacWrite 5.0 from 4.5/4.6 such that it sets the default font in a "hardcoded" manner, rather than using the Application Font, you can probably use a debugger and disk editor to 'fix' it. Otherwise, you can use one of the many public domain/shareware DAs/INITs that allow you to change the Application Font. One of the nicest I've seen is a cdev called ApFont (v.3.0.1, which even lets you set font size). -ken -- ========== ....... =========================================== Ken McLeod :. .: uucp: {spsd, zardoz, felix}!dhw68k!thecloud ========== :::.. ..::: InterNet: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com //// ===========================================
jack@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin) (09/23/88)
hill@petsd.UUCP (John S. Hill) wrote: In article <5491@claris.UUCP> richard@claris.UUCP (Richard Scorer) writes: >>Is it possible to change the Macwrite default font? >No it is not possible - sorry. I have a CDEV called Fontonize that does this. I tried to email the original poster in Australia but I suspect my message got lost. Give me a usable path and I'll mail it to you (or to any archive in the US that asks - it was distributed in Europe on the Mac-User BITNET list). -- ARPA: jack%cs.glasgow.ac.uk@nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk USENET: jack@cs.glasgow.uucp JANET:jack@uk.ac.glasgow.cs useBANGnet: ...mcvax!ukc!cs.glasgow.ac.uk!jack Mail: Jack Campin, Computing Science Dept., Glasgow Univ., 17 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ, SCOTLAND work 041 339 8855 x 6045; home 041 556 1878
g560676211ea@deneb.ucdavis.edu (0040;0000009926;0;190;142;) (09/25/88)
In article <5491@claris.UUCP> richard@claris.UUCP (Richard Scorer) writes: >In article <1158@bio73.unsw.oz> root@bio73.unsw.oz (Karl Redell ) writes: >>Is it possible to change the Macwrite default font? >> >>Thanks in advance. >> karl@bio73.unsw.oz > >Karl > >No it is not possible - sorry. > > -Rich- >-- > > Richard Scorer * UUCP: {ames,apple,portal,sun,voder}!claris!richard > Claris Corporation * AppleLink: Scorer1 * CompuServe: 74017,344 I have two suggestions. You might like to try the CDEV ApFont which can change every application's startup font but this is done by changing something not in the application itself. Maybe someone else could elucidate on that. However, the default font I like doesn't show up well in Cricket Graph so I don't use ApFont. Instead for MacWrite, I make a startup document which has all the tab, font, size, etc. set to how I usually like it. Then I lock the document so it can't get changed. Instead of starting by opening MacWrite, I open the startup document and there I am. Colin Ong Department of Land, Air & Water Resources University of California, Davis CA 95616 Disclaimer: It works for me. I can't guarantee that it will work for you.
richard@claris.UUCP (Richard Scorer) (09/27/88)
In article <1337@petsd.UUCP> hill@petsd.UUCP (John S. Hill) writes: !In article <5491@claris.UUCP> richard@claris.UUCP (Richard Scorer) writes: !!In article <1158@bio73.unsw.oz> root@bio73.unsw.oz (Karl Redell ) writes: !>>Is it possible to change the Macwrite default font? !>>Thanks in advance. !>> karl@bio73.unsw.oz !> !>Karl !>No it is not possible - sorry. !> -Rich- !>-- !> Richard Scorer * UUCP: {ames,apple,portal,sun,voder}!claris!richard !> Claris Corporation * AppleLink: Scorer1 * CompuServe: 74017,344 ! ! !As I recall, you used to be able to change the 'default application font' !bit(s) in PRAM. Thus, when any "correct" application went to find the !default font, it would get the font that you installed. Off the top of ... Well, gosh. Next time I'll think first :-) It used to be that we couldn't change the font - it was scattered all over the source. However, we do use ApplFont these days, so I assume that indeed we do use the application font. Ahem. Whoops. Bright Red Face :-) My comment was I think due to a memory of someone telling me that MacWrite ignored the change. So, I'm still uncertain. No we didn't change the way we access the standard font, so if it worked for 4.5 or 4.6, it'll still work for 5.0 Sorry for the confusion. Remind to wake up next time I answer a message. -Rich- -- Richard Scorer * UUCP: {ames,apple,portal,sun,voder}!claris!richard Claris Corporation * AppleLink: Scorer1 * CompuServe: 74017,344
sysop@stech.UUCP (Jan Harrington) (10/02/88)
in article <1337@petsd.UUCP>, hill@petsd.UUCP (John S. Hill) says: > > In article <5491@claris.UUCP> richard@claris.UUCP (Richard Scorer) writes: >>In article <1158@bio73.unsw.oz> root@bio73.unsw.oz (Karl Redell ) writes: >>>Is it possible to change the Macwrite default font? >>>Thanks in advance. >>> karl@bio73.unsw.oz >> >>Karl >>No it is not possible - sorry. >> -Rich- >>-- >> Richard Scorer * UUCP: {ames,apple,portal,sun,voder}!claris!richard >> Claris Corporation * AppleLink: Scorer1 * CompuServe: 74017,344 > > Actually, there's a very easy way to do this. Search through the public domain/shareware arena for an INIT called ApFont. Once installed, this will change the default font throughout your system. MacWrite will be affected by it. I have it set to Times Roman 12, since that is the font I use most. It's drawback is that it sets everything to the same font and that some applications, such as FullWrite, aren't touched by it. However, it MacWrite is your main word processor, and you've a single favorite font and size, ApFont is just the ticket. Jan Harrington, sysop Scholastech Telecommunications UUCP: husc6!amcad!stech!sysop or allegra!stech!sysop BITNET: JHARRY@BENTLEY ******************************************************************************** Miscellaneous profundity: "No matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Banzai ********************************************************************************