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*** Manifest
ProFont Suitcase
FreeGeneva
ProFont Sample
ProFont Info (this file)
*** What's Profont?
ProFont is a better version of "Monaco 9" which is especially good for
programmers. To see some of the features of ProFont, open the "ProFont
Sample" file using TeachText. It was created circa 1987 by Andrew Welch
(AndrewWelc@AOL.com) . Here's his description of ProFont:
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Introduction
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Apple’s font Monaco is used by many development systems as the default
font, and with good reason—it matches the ImageWriter’s internal font in
width so quick Draft prints (when you are searching for that damn bug!)
print out perfectly. However, it is not the most carefully thought out
font when it comes to programming.
To programmers, being able to read what you see on the screen is VERY
important—just one misplaced symbol can be the difference between a
successful compilation and a frustrating editing session. Unfortunately,
Monaco, as Apple presents it, is not very readable. The symbols are
small, there is no way to tell the difference between a zero and an ‘O’ on
the screen, and the one, “I”, and “l” characters are almost identical.
Not good.
About ProFont
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ProFont is a font created to be the most readable font for programming.
It has slashed zero’s, distinct punctuation, larger parentheses and
brackets, distinct one’s, “l’s,” and “I’s,” and reshaped text characters
for readability.
ProFont is actually a modified Monaco, so you still maintain the correct
size font for printing Draft prints and your development system will still
default to it (if it ever did), but you gain readability. Not a bad
trade–off, eh?
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*** History & Instructions
ProFont was originally distributed inside an installer application which
you could use to install the font in place of Monaco 9. It could also
remove ProFont to restore the use of the regular Monaco 9. When the Mac
SE and II came out, the installer stopped being effective because Apple
decided to put Monaco 9 in ROM. The (ugly) ROM version would be used in
preference to any version installed in the System file. The workaround
was to install ROM Override List resources (ROv#) into the System file to
tell it that the Monaco 9 in the System file should override the ROM
version.
With System 7 that method broke as well. System 7 doesn't use the
Monaco 9 in ROM. Instead, Apple put Monaco 9 on a list of "reserved" fonts
using an 'FRSV' and or 'resf' resource. This is why Monaco 9 doesn't appear
in any lists of fonts in the System file for example. It's there, but since
the Mac needs to count on at least a few fonts being installed (Chicago 12,
Monaco 9, Geneva 9, and Geneva 12), System 7 doesn't let you mess with
them.
Bryan K. Ressler (BEAKER@AppleLink.apple.com) wrote a little utility
called FreeGeneva which can remove and restore this protection.
To install ProFont under System 7, 7.0.1, here's the procedure:
1) Quit all applications except the Finder.
2) Run FreeGeneva. Choose to "Free the Fonts".
3) Drag the ProFont suitcase onto your closed System Folder icon.
4) Say OK when asked if you want to put "Monaco 9" into the System File.
5) Say OK when asked if you want to replace the existing "Monaco 9."
6) Run FreeGeneva. Choose to "Hide the Fonts."
Under System 7.1 it's a little easier:
1) Quit all applications except the Finder.
2) Drag the ProFont suitcase onto your closed System Folder icon.
3) Say OK when asked if you want to put ProFont into the Fonts Folder.
*** Credits
ProFont was originally shareware. Andrew Welch has generously given
his permission for it now to be distributed freely: "let's make it free
though [...] just credit me for making the font in the first place, and
you're good to go!"
Andrew Welch created ProFont! Thanks Andrew!
He can be reached at the following addresses:
America Online-=> AndrewWelc <<or>> AmbrosiaSW
GEnie-=> ANDREW.WELCH
Internet-=> AndrewWelc@AOL.com <<or>> AmbrosiaSW@AOL.com
US Mail-=> AndrewWelch/Ambrosia/PO Box 23140/Rochester, NY 14692
I am Steve Gilardi. I've gotten ProFont to work with successive System
releases for my personal use, and have shared the methods with other
folks from time to time. I can be reached at: squeegee@world.std.com.
If you have any trouble installing ProFont, or if I can improve the
procedures above, please let me know.
Enjoy ProFont!
--Steve
20 January 1993