RE: marker symbols...font kludge

[Thomas Neuburger <thomasn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good info, Dov -- thanks!

Hmmm... maybe it would work to copy the file to a new name 
(framesymbols.ttf for example) and install *that* in the fonts directory? 
IWO, give Frame the private font it needs and still make the renamed font 
file accessible to the user.

I'm not sure fonts can be renamed, though -- maybe they know their own 
names independent of the name of the file, in which case there would be a 
name collision.

Hmmm... Sounds like a job for serious and worthless testing.

Or ... screen caps. :)

Tom


You wrote:

>The answer is .... drumroll ....
>
>it doesn't work!
>
>Yes, you can install the "Frame5 Font" into the Windows font directory.
>That's easy as dragon-drop (or use the "install font" feature of that
>folder. The font is a TrueType font. And it isn't protected against
>embedding or otherwise restricted. You can then see the font via the
>Character Map applet and you can otherwise create text and print with
>that very limited font is almost any other application, such as Microsoft
>Office applications.
>
>HOWEVER, surprisingly enough, it is inaccessible via FrameMaker. Why?
>What FrameMaker normally does is to temporarily install that font
>every time it is executed. Since it is a "private" font, FrameMaker
>removes it from any font list that it displays assuming that any font
>named "Frame5 Font" is really useless to the FrameMaker user.
>
>How's that for Friday afternoon news?
>
>         - Dov
>
>
>At 2/16/2001 12:44 PM, Thomas Neuburger wrote:
> >Here's a kludge that might work. Warning -- it's fully untested.
> >
> >There's a TT font file in fminit called fm5font.ttf. It contains the 
> elements you want as character symbols. On my system, Character Map 
> doesn't see the font, but you might be able to "install" the font in the 
> fonts directory, then read it with Character Map and copy the characters 
> as you would any other.
> >
> >Perhaps there's a better way to read this file as characters. I'd be 
> nervous myself about installing this font in a way other than the way 
> Frame expects, just in case there's some buried assumption that will 
> cross you up.
> >
> >But if you have a way to un-package that font file, the symbols are in 
> there.
> >
> >Or ... use screen caps. :)
> >
> >Tom
>
>*
>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Thomas Neuburger [mailto:thomasn@twelfthnight.com]
> >>Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 1:04 PM
> >>To: framers@FrameUsers.com
> >>Subject: Re: marker symbols
> >>
> >>Hi Rick,
> >>
> >>You might be able to kludge it, but I use screen caps. I supposed a Frame
> >>drawing with two lines of appropriate length and thickness would work also,
> >>but either way, I didn't see a 'text' alternative. If someone has one,
> >>please post it.
> >>
> >>Best,
> >>
> >>Tom Neuburger
> >>
> >>Rick Henkel wrote:
> >>
> >>>I need to document the T and the upside down T that Frame uses to indicate
> >>>cross-references and markers. How can I make them? I've checked my Win
> >>>Character Map, but that didn't help.
> >>>
> >>>=============================
> >>>Rick Henkel
> >>>rhenkel@channelpoint.com
> >>>719-482-2761
> >>>AOL IM henkel33
   


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