Help hacking Mac font family names

[David Cramer <David_Cramer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK, I give up. Does anyone know how to 'harmonize' (if that's the right
term) the names of fonts on the Mac in order to get them to show up as
variations of the same font? Particularly to match a customized FrameMaker
configuration under Windows.

Since the Mac doesn't have a MAKER.INI equivalent, I know you can't just
configure Mac FrameMaker itself to deal with this. And if it can be done
using ResEdit to hack the fonts themselves, I haven't been able to figure
out exactly how.

My specific problem has to do with Arial Narrow, which I am being forced to
use instead of Helvetica Condensed (one of my font faves) in order to cater
to the mass market of standard Windows installs.

Within FrameMaker for Windows I set up MAKER.INI and FMSGML.INI to
integrate Arial Narrow as a variation of Arial. It works fine.

I would like to do the same for my Mac system that provides my company with
most of the new template design development, but have been unable to
accomplish it to my satisfaction. The closest I have gotten is by using
Fontographer to open Arial Narrow TrueType fonts, change the font family
name appropriately, and then generate the TrueType again; then using
ResEdit to edit FrameMaker's FOND resource to integrate the new fonts. This
works fine except that the route through Fontographer screws up the screen
representation of the TrueType fonts. The new fonts just look kinda crummy
compared to the originals at actual size. They're fine once I zoom in, but
I'd like to work at 100% magnification.

What I'd like is to find out if there's any way to just change the font
names for my Arial Narrow set of fonts. Anyone know of a Mac font utility
that accesses TrueType font names and allows renaming, or some other
workaround, like using ResEdit or hex editing?

Thanks for any response to a real obscure question,

David

David Cramer, Process Innovation Evangelist          87-1313 Border Street
PBSC Computer Training Centres                       Winnipeg MB R3H 0X4
Corporate Office Research & Development              Canada



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