lev@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Brian S. Lev) (05/30/90)
In article <25006@bcsaic.UUCP>, vanover@bcsaic.UUCP (Jann VanOver) writes... >In article <7489@ur-cc.UUCP> jdic@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Jonathan Dick) writes: >>In article <7482@ur-cc.UUCP> I wrote: >>-> Is it just me, or is it really not possible to change font/typestyle >>-> within a field? [...] From the little bit of playing I've done >>-> with fields, it seems you get one font/typestyle per field, no more. Am I >>-> wrong, or is this a limitation of HyperCard? >> >>In article <41051@apple.Apple.COM-> jdevoto@Apple.COM >> (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto) writes: >>--> >>-->This is indeed a limitation of HyperCard. Currently. >>--> >>-->Some people have used workarounds involving a special font whose option >>-->characters (ASCII 128-255) are boldfaced versions of the standard alpha/ >>-->numeric/punctuation set. >> >>Anyone know where I could find such a font? > >Yes - I got one with a commercial "stack tool" product, "101 scripts and >buttons" The font was called "RistaRag" and worked as described. >Unfortunately, it comes with just HyperTalk functions to perform the >bolding/unbolding. I would have preferred XFCNS. MacUser Magazine's "HyperCard Tool Kit" stack also includes a little goodie called "MultiFont" which allows for standard, boldface, and/or italic in the same field; it's all dependent on the combination of letter and option/command key you press while typing. Only comes in 14 point size "naturally", but is OK for reading in hardcopy and looks pretty good on-screen. +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Brian Lev/STX (301)286-9514 (FTS)888-9514 | | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center DECnet: SDCDCL::LEV (6153::LEV) | | Advanced Data Flow Technology Office TCP/IP: lev@dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov | | Code 930.4 BITNET: LEV@DFTBIT | | Greenbelt, MD 20771 TELENET: [BLEV/GSFCMAIL] | | X.400 Address: (C:USA,ADMD:TELEMAIL,PRMD:GSFC,O:GSFCMAIL,UN:BLEV) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | "The ability of a network to knit together the members of a sprawling | | community has proved to be the most powerful way of fostering scienti- | | fic advancement yet discovered." -- Peter Denning | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCLAIMER: THESE STATEMENTS ARE MY OWN AND *NOT* NASA'S OR STX'S! | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+