[Framers] Zapf Dingbats

[Robert Lauriston]

Then it's probably a PostScript Type 1 font somewhere else on your
system. Search for Zd______.pfb or Zd______.pfm. The Adobe Type
Manager default location used to be c:\psfonts\pfm. They could also be
in a Font directory under an Adobe application directory in Program
Files.

On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Theresa de Valence <TdeV at bstw.com> wrote:
> 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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