[comp.sys.mac.apps] Getting ATM to look for fonts not in System Folder

tonyg@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Tony Gedge) (12/12/90)

Is there a way of getting ATM to look for its fonts in a folder other than
the System Folder?  My system folder is so crowded that I can't open it under
Finder anymore :-(

Tony Gedge.

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c60a-aj@danube.Berkeley.EDU (Charles Gousha) (12/12/90)

In article <6320@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> tonyg@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au writes:
>Is there a way of getting ATM to look for its fonts in a folder other than
>the System Folder?  My system folder is so crowded that I can't open it under
>Finder anymore :-(
>Tony Gedge.

Suitcase II will do it.  The only requirement is that you have a font
suitcase open in the folder that the outline fonts are in.  I've used it
successfully to take all of my fonts (60 to 70) and place them in an
entirely different location on my hard drive!  Makes things really
convenient, since I just use the associated screen fonts for the open
suitcase, keeping it all in one place.
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hm292hu@unidui.uni-duisburg.de (Hucht) (12/21/90)

In <6320@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> tonyg@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Tony Gedge) writes:

>Is there a way of getting ATM to look for its fonts in a folder other than
>the System Folder?  My system folder is so crowded that I can't open it under
>Finder anymore :-(

>Tony Gedge.

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With ATM 2.0 you can put the fonts into a folder that contains files opened
with Suitcase II or MasterJuggler. You also can use SetPaths to set the font
path. (Ref: ATM users guide, S.16). I don't know if it works with earlier
versions of ATM. 

Another way is to make the fonts invisible to the finder (Any disktool 
(e.g. ResEdit) will do this).

Fred Hucht, University of Duisburg, Germany.
EMail: fred@hal9000.uni-duisburg.de

esvoboda@cup.portal.com (Edward J Svoboda) (12/22/90)

Versions of Adobe Type Manager prior to 2.0 will also work with Suitcase II
and MasterJuggler in regards to accessing outline fonts.

Ed Svoboda
Adobe Technical Support