soverlies@cc.curtin.edu.au (05/31/91)
Has anybody out there managed to transfer any fonts across from the Macintosh to the Amiga. I used a-max II file transfer util to get the suitcase file (system 6.0.5) back to amigados format. Then I attempted to use the "MacFont" program, fish disk #138, to extract the fonts from this. Result : GOO-ROO Has anyone got this to work ? perhaps a different version of mac system? Any Comments (email or post) greatly appreciated. Ian O. ----------------------------------------------------------------- - :):):):):):):():):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):))):)):))(): - -----------------------------------------------------------------
uubell@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jeff Bell) (05/31/91)
In article <1991May31.132456.8525@cc.curtin.edu.au> soverlies@cc.curtin.edu.au writes: >Has anybody out there managed to transfer any fonts across from >the Macintosh to the Amiga. >I used a-max II file transfer util to get the suitcase file >(system 6.0.5) back to amigados format. > Then I attempted to use the "MacFont" program, fish disk #138, > to extract the fonts from this. >Result : GOO-ROO > >Has anyone got this to work ? perhaps a different version of mac system? I got the exact same results. I'm also using System 6.0.5, but I doubt that's the problem. If you find out, please fill everyone in, as there are TONS of fonts (PD, for that matter) out there that I'd love to be able to convert.. Jeff -- uubell@ccu.umanitoba.ca
James_Hastings-Trew@tptbbs.UUCP (James Hastings-Trew) (06/05/91)
In a message dated Fri 31 May 91 12:55, Soverlies@cc.curtin.edu.au wrote: S> Has anybody out there managed to transfer any fonts across from S> the Macintosh to the Amiga. S> I used a-max II file transfer util to get the suitcase file S> (system 6.0.5) back to amigados format. S> Then I attempted to use the "MacFont" program, fish disk #138, S> to extract the fonts from this. S> Result : GOO-ROO S> Has anyone got this to work ? perhaps a different version of mac S> system? In my experience, this is how to make it work: Create the suitcases with Font DA mover on the MAC, and move ONLY the ROMAN fonts - that is, do not move the BOLD, BOLD-ITALIC or ITALIC versions of the fonts. Do not attempt to move fonts that have been "harmonized" with utilities such as "Font Harmony" (for non-mac people this utility is used to pack the bold, italic and bold-italic versions of the screen fonts into a variant form which will appear only once in the Mac font menu. Without this, Helvetica shows up as BHelvetica IHelvetica BIHelvetica and Helvetica in the font menu.) If you heed this advice, then the rest of the process should proceed normally.