Tiger breaks hyperCard?

[J. Landman Gay]

Devin Asay wrote:

>> If a strong enough case can be made that benefits enough users I'm  
>> sure RunRev would consider it.
> 
> Here's one: A quick and easy way to display non-Latin characters in  
> your stack without worrying about whether the end user has the right  
> font installed, and without fretting over Unicode issues.
> 
> Another, similar one: Using a particular, weird font in a title or  
> splash screen, and not having to worry about whether the end user has  
> it or about cross-platform font metrics.

Good point, I'd forgotten about that one. Of course, it is pretty easy 
to take a snapshot of the screen in those cases and display that. No 
external bitmap editor needed, since Rev has that capability built in. 
It could even be scripted to work dynamically.

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