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.TTF and Mac OS 9 Problems
Posted by: SuperToaster on 2018-03-11 17:43:00
Hi, haven't posted in a while. 

I was under some impression that .ttf files had native OS 9 support, but unfortunately, it seems to be an unrecognized filetype on my Powerbook G3. I'm planning to use these fonts with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, if anyone knows anything I can try, would be much appreciated.

Posted by: IPalindromeI on 2018-03-11 18:55:35
Make sure the fonts have the proper creator types - that's what matters to the classic Mac OS.

Posted by: ktkm on 2018-03-30 00:05:13
Make sure the .ttf is a ”classic truetype” from the period. New truetype fonts are actually opentype fonts, with, among other things, quadratic bezier outlines and instructions.

Posted by: beachycove on 2018-03-30 08:44:28
There is an open source converter that you can try. I had patchy results with mono spaced fonts (what I wanted), but it might work better with ordinary proportional font files.

i forget the name, but I expect it will come if you go looking.

Posted by: powermax on 2018-03-30 08:49:51
I was under some impression that .ttf files had native OS 9 support, but unfortunately, it seems to be an unrecognized filetype on my Powerbook G3
Any chance to take a look at such a font?

Posted by: register on 2018-05-03 13:27:28
TTF font files from that period were different for Windows and Macintosh, also. It is possible to conveniently convert Wondows TTF to Mac TTF and vice versa, for example with the Mac application FontClerk. Fontographer is professional tool to create or customize TTF and PS fonts.

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