newbie@inmet.inmet.com (06/26/91)
Hang on. Here's more moaning about WfW. Setup: WfW 1.1 & ATM 1.0, over 180
fonts installed. (Yeah, I know, but it's a *real* pain to have to install
fonts, close all of my apps, kill windows and restart, and re-open every-
thing.)
When first starting Windows, ATM grinds through all of the installed fonts.\
This takes a little while (1-2min), but is barable. WfW runs fine, with all
of those fonts when I'm using the Epson 24-pin driver. However, when I
switch to the PostScript driver, the only way to describe the continual
grinding of ATM and WfW is: "Shut 'er down, Clancy, she's a-pumpin' mud."
When I first select the PostScript driver, either WfW or ATM grinds through
all of the fonts (like at Windows start up) -- this, again I can deal with.
But from then on, almost everything that I do causes it to grind through\
the fonts: changing my View, Preferences, changing character formatting,
printing (it does grinds through the stuff *twice* - once before printing
and once afterwards). Anyhow, I spend most of my time watching the drive
light...
Is this a function of WfW or ATM? Is there a solution other than cutting
back on installed fonts? Does Adobe have any plans to change ATM so fonts
can be installed on-the-fly?
-Chris "WfW never fails to stun me; either it's awesome or it sucks" Newbold
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newbie@inmet.inmet.com * inmet!newbie@uunet * ctne_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edumlk@turing.acs.virginia.edu (Matthew L. Kreger) (06/28/91)
I have had the same problem with lots 'o fonts in Windows 3.0. Apparently The problem is neither WFW or Adobe, but Windows itself. Windows doesn't support more than 150 fonts at a time. As far as I know, there _is no_ other solution except limiting the number of fonts to 150 or less. What a drag! If anyone knows otherwise, I would sure like to hear about it. -Matthew Kreger mlk@Turing.acs.Virginia.edu