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stripeydave - Aug 21, 2006 - 6:37 pm

I have a font suitcase that contains both Trutype and PostScript Type 1 fonts in it which is causing problems for me in Quark Xpress. Used to be you could double-click on a suitcase and yank the fonts you didn't want in it. Now when I do that it launches Suitcase instead and there seems to be no way to do this. Any ideas? I am tech savvy, been on a mac since 1990...
Currently running Panther, 10.3.9 on a dual 2gig G5.
Thanks in advance

Dave Aaron

LKT - Aug 24, 2006 - 6:06 am

Hi, Dave.
I have actually asked myself this question many times as well but I still have a computer that I have to run in OS9 anyway for a particular program and just kept telling myself I would research the answer later.
Here's what I found out from a website dealing with just the thing we've been looking for.

The Solutions (other than booting into OS 9)?-----?There are three ways you can open and edit font suitcases in OS X, and one is free.??First, the not-free one. You can buy Font Doctor (now at v6.1.5) from Morrison Software for $70.00:?http://www.morrisonsoftdesign.com/fd_mac.html??Font Doctor is a utility that examines your fonts and alerts you to any damaged ones. Sometimes it can even fix them. But the main feature, for our purposes, is that it allows users to open and edit screen font suitcases. It even lets you create new, empty suitcases so you can rebuild "fresh" ones.??The command you're looking for in Font Doctor -- it took me a while to figure it out -- is Tools -> Move Fonts. That generates the window where you see the "Open Suitcase" and "Close Suitcase" buttons, and can drag or drag-copy fonts from one suitcase to another.??Second: A program called Smasher
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/mo...sx/27974??Okay. The third way to edit font suitcases in OS X is free, but boy, is it ugly.??Yes, my friends, you can run the venerable Font/DA Mover, part of the Mac System Software from the Cretaceous age, in Classic mode in OS X. (If you got on the Mac train after Font/DA Mover was history, DA stands for Desk Accessory ... like the Calculator. And the Puzzle. And the Stapler. Just kidding about the Stapler.)??Font/DA Mover will recognize and open suitcases no matter where they're located on your Mac, in any of the Classic or OS X font folders. No rebooting into OS 9 required.??Can't find your System 6 floppies to resurrect it? You can still download Font/DA Mover 4.1 from Apple's site (in your browser's address bar, remove the space after Software_Updates/):?http://download.info.apple.com/Apple...tware_Updates/ English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_6.0.x/TrueType/??.... when you get to that page, click the link "Font_DA_Mover_4.1.sea.bin" to start the download.??Suitcases edited with Font/DA Mover work perfectly fine in OS X. You can move or delete screen fonts from existing suitcases, but unlike Font Doctor, you can't create new ones.??Go ahead and give Font/DA Mover a shot, it's a trip.

(I was able to download the program but I couldn't get it to work on my computer which is a G5 running Tiger. Since G5s don't boot in OS9 anymore, it could be that was the reason. You'd have to try it for yourself to see if this works on your computer.)


Please let me know if this has helped you any or not.

Leigh

stripeydave - Aug 24, 2006 - 8:24 am

Thanks very much for your well-researched response. I don't know whether to be happy or sad, but yes, as a member of the system 6 club, I do indeed remember the good old bad old days of the Font/DA mover! Hey if it works, I'll give it a try! I hadn't even thought of going that route, and fortunately, with a flash drive, and an older iMac still on system 9, it's not going to be too hard to do.
So thanks again for your help, and the other links. I'll keep them handy!
Best regards,
David Aaron