On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 15:55:11 -0700, no-spam2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote
(in article <1180997711.977413.152930@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> I'm on MacOS 10.4.9 and although I don't fully understand the "Font
> book" application I've understood enough to see that it works along
> the same principles of iTunes and iPhoto; all fonts are stored in one
> location, but you can make several different "playlists" or
> "albums" (in iTunes/iPhoto speak) which actually just creates
> *references* or aliases to the actual items.
>
> What I've done when adding fonts is to create my own categories
> (artistic, handwriting, science-fiction, bitmap fonts etc.) and time
> has come to back up those fonts to DVDs.
> I was expecting to be able to drag a font "collection" to a folder on
> the desktop, or alternatively open a collection, select all items
> within it, then drag all those items to a folder on the desktop. But
> that doesn't work. Have I totally misunderstood the concept?
>
> My computer has over 600 fonts installed. I don't know if it makes a
> difference on my 1.67GHz, 1.5GB RAM Powerbook G4, but I've heard that
> having many fonts actually can cause slowdowns.
> I guess I'll just have to choose the fonts I like the best, then
> delete the rest (of course, *after* I've backed everything to DVD).
>
> So how do I copy those pre-categorized fonts to desktop folders with
> the same categories, ready for burning to DVD?
>
You would have to manually organize the fonts in folders, and then copy
the
folders to the DVD. Be careful about re-organizing the system fonts. I
have
heard that if you move these fonts you can screw up the smooth operation
of
the computer. Any add on fonts can be organized anywhere you like.
StephenC
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