Sending fonts with distributed software

Paul Murray mr.prmurray at gmail.com
Tue Apr 28 10:56:17 EDT 2009


Hey Mark,

Thank you for the font info!  It's exactly what I needed and saved me a lot
of time!

Sincerely,

Paul Murray

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Mark Schonewille <
m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com> wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> Store the font file in a cusom property. Save it to the temp folder when
> you need it on the older machine. Use revFontLoad to make the font available
> to your stack (look up the command in the docs) and revUnloadFont to remove
> the font from memory. When you're done, delete the temporary font file.
>
> Keep in mind that including fonts in your software for distribution may be
> a violation of copyrights.
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
> Mark Schonewille
>
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> On 28 apr 2009, at 04:17, Paul Murray wrote:
>
>  When attempting to run the compiled version of my program on an older
>> machine, the older machine was missing a couple of fonts I was using in my
>> program.  This is a windows application.  Is there a way to include the
>> needed fonts with the compiled program which will not require manual
>> installation of the fonts onto the older machine?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Paul
>>
>
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