[Framers] Zapf Dingbats

Theresa de Valence TdeV at bstw.com
Thu Jun 30 14:53:07 PDT 2016


No, my fonts folder has no Zapfdingbats.

On 6/30/2016 4:42 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote:
> Compare the maker.ini files, as I described before. That's probably
> where the problem is.
>
> If the font were not installed, you would not see it on screen in FM8,
> so that's not the problem.
>
> Is there a Zapf Dingbats file in your \Windows\Fonts folder? If so,
> right-click on it. What does it show for "Type of file"?
>
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 2:08 PM, Theresa de Valence <TdeV at bstw.com> wrote:
>> Hmmm. I just found the Frame 8 CD and put in Disk 1 and chose the only thing
>> that looked likely which was Autoplay.exe. It started the install shield
>> wizard which gave me a beep and said Frame 8 was already installed on this
>> system.
>>
>> How do I choose to install fonts only? (I can't see anything that looks like
>> fonts on either CD)
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> On 6/30/2016 3:41 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote:
>>>
>>> If you see the font on screen in FM8, and it prints correctly, then I
>>> think it must be installed.
>>>
>>> If it's the old PostScript font, check that both the .pfm and .pfb
>>> files are installed.
>>>
>>> Close FM12, compare the maker.ini for FM8 and FM12, make a backup copy
>>> of the one for FM12, edit the original in a text editor, and make any
>>> entries re ZapfDingbats match FM8. Or delete any references to
>>> ZapfDingbats in FM12 if there are none in FM8. Note that FM may create
>>> multiple copies of maker.ini and use only one of them.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Theresa de Valence <TdeV at bstw.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 6/30/2016 1:52 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Are FM8 and FM12 on the same system?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, but I was looking at the Character Designer and it "says" the font
>>>> is
>>>> Dingbats. I realize now that it doesn't mean Dingbats is installed.
>>>>
>>>> But I've moved since I got that CD!
>>>>
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