Maybe the Mac OS X .dmg should just include the font file and a link to the Fonts install folder...
.hc On Mar 28, 2007, at 2:02 AM, Andre Schmidt wrote: > Hi, > > i got a new job as osx admin (among others) for a while now, and we > are > using a particular font as "corporate design". so to ease my job > for new > osx clients, i made a .pkg that installs the fonts to /Library/Fonts. > the fonts work rightaway without needing to restart or recache (just > like windowsxp) > > if you dont want to install fonts to system library (eg. you dont want > to use admin rights) you can allso install the fonts to ~/Library/ > Fonts > > but the coolest would be to be able to use the fonts from inside > the pd > dir, without touching any system configs or dirs. but i dont know if > thats possible. > (like pdf uses embedded fonts, but i assume that pdf doesnt use the > system font render system ?) > > cheers > andre > > > > On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 00:38 -0400, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: >> Good point, Pd-extended is already using an installer on Windows, so >> it can just install the font in the proper location, %SYSTEMROOT% >> \Fonts >> >> That leaves Mac OS X, which is tricky since it needs to be inside the >> Mac OS X .app package. >> >> .hc >> >> On Mar 27, 2007, at 6:14 PM, David Powers wrote: >> >>> On Windows installing the font with a batch file would be trivial. >>> >>> If you made some file "Install.bat" it could copy the font to the >>> correct directory, and also run the registry script you currently >>> use, >>> at the same time. >>> >>> ~David >>> >>> On 3/27/07, Hans-Christoph Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Mar 27, 2007, at 12:05 PM, Patco wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hans-Christoph Steiner a écrit : >>>>>> The last step in sorting the cross-platform font issue is finding >>>>>> a way of including the font file for the Windows and Mac OS X >>>>>> packages. >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyone know how to make Tk look for fonts in a specific >>>>>> directory? >>>>>> >>>>>> .hc >>>>>> >>>>> I don't think you can't do this but it's possible to put a >>>>> specific >>>>> font into the X server fonts directory, and doing a font mapping >>>>> like in this neat tcl-tk application: >>>>> http://xstick.e-artisan.org/ >>>>> >>>>> also you might be interested by this: >>>>> http://wiki.tcl.tk/470 >>>> >>>> On Debian and Ubuntu, it'll be very easy to support since the >>>> Bitstream Vera Sans Mono font is in the package system. I think >>>> that >>>> font is also included in any GNOME install, so that covers most >>>> GNU/ >>>> Linux users. >>>> >>>> The hard part is Windows and Mac OS X. We could require people to >>>> install the font seperately, but I'd rather have it just work >>>> out of >>>> the box. >>>> >>>> .hc >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>>> __ >>>> _ >>>>> _____ Yahoo! Mail réinvente le mail ! Découvrez le nouveau Yahoo! >>>>> Mail et son interface révolutionnaire. >>>>> http://fr.mail.yahoo.com >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> -- >>>> --- >>>> ---- >>>> >>>> Access to computers should be unlimited and total. - the hacker >>>> ethic >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> PD-list@iem.at mailing list >>>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/ >>>> listinfo/pd-list >>>> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> ---- >> >> If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of >> exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an >> idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps >> it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into >> the possession of everyone, and the receiver cannot dispossess >> himself of it. - Thomas Jefferson >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PD-list@iem.at mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/ >> listinfo/pd-list > > > _______________________________________________ > PD-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/ > listinfo/pd-list ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- You can't steal a gift. Bird gave the world his music, and if you can hear it, you can have it. - Dizzy Gillespie _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list