[futurebasic] Re: Font List

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From: jonathan <jonathan@...>
Date: Mar, 18 Ao 98 10:23:35 +0200
John sed:
>I'm trying to list all the fonts available in the Fonts folder in a EDIT
>field, but I have been having trouble doing it. Does anybody know how to do
>it?

jonathan replies [rant alert]:

1/ the Fonts folder is an Apple 'blessed' folder - please use special
code to seek it out or your code will fail on foreign systems.
On my station Fonts is called Polices for example!

2/ i would have thought
* find the folder
* make a list of what's in it and their type
* eliminate the printer fonts
  leaving bitmaps and truetype
* shove them in a list
* display...
where exactly are you having problems?

3/ If you want to find all fonts installed
remember that folks also use thingies like
Suitcase, MasterJuggler, Font Reserve, Carpet bagger
to install fonts elsewhere from their systems.

4/ what exactly is your project sir
  (answer privately on this if you don't wish
   to shout commercial info to the wurld)

jonathan



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