After switching to System 7 and TrueType, I noticed that the three built in fonts, Chicago, Geneva and Monaco, were bitmapped even with the TrueType fonts installed in the System. After much experimentation with ResEdit, I have discovered how to edit the System to allow the use of Chicago, Geneva and Monaco TrueType fonts while leaving the System operation unaffected by the slower TrueType screen rendering.
The procedure is quite simple. Using ResEdit 2.1, open a copy of the System file. Open the FOND resource. You will see:
ID 0 Chicago
ID 3 Geneva
ID 4 Monaco
Open Chicago and scroll to the bottom. Click on "1)****" and delete. Using Insert New Field(s) {Cmd K} from the Resource menu. Insert the following:
Font Size 0
Font Style 0
Res ID 1030
Create a second field and insert:
2)****
Font Size 12
Font Style 0
Res ID 5478
Do the same with Geneva (ID 4):
1)****
Font Size 0
Font Style 0
Res ID 1029
2)****
Font Size 9
Font Style 0
Res ID 5475
3)****
Font Size 12
Font Style 0
Res ID 7119
And lastly with Monaco (ID 4)
10****
Font Size 0
Font Style 0
Res ID 3031
2)****
Font Size 9
Font Style 0
Res ID 5410
Close the FOND resource and open the ROv# resource open resource ID 630. Scroll to the bottom and insert three new fields with the following information:
8)****
TYPE FOND
RES ID 0
9)****
TYPE FOND
RES ID 3
10)****
TYPE FOND
RES ID 4
Close the ROv# resource. Close and save the modified System. Reboot with the new System.
Notes:
Remember, AWOAK (always work on a copy). Editing an active System is not dangerous with these modification but the screen becomes extremely hard to read while the modifications are made. If your machine hangs up for some reason when you are making the changes, when you reboot, certain areas of the screen may be blank.
This patch allows the system to retain the three bitmapped fonts for Menus, Windows and Dialog Box etc. while allowing TrueType fonts to be accessed in other programs. If you have used the Views Cdev to alter your system, follow the above procedure and use the resource IDs for the font you wish to use. Make sure you have installed the TrueType font and the bitmapped font for the size you have selected in Views.
If anyone has any questions I can be reached at the following: