On Friday, August 23, 2002, at 12:26 PM, David J. Perry wrote:
> I've been told that Mac apps that _were_ updated can use Windows TT
> fonts just as OS X can. I'm dubious but the source usually knows what
> he's talking about. Can anybody confirm? I don't have an older Mac to
> test on.
>
Almost no applications were updated to take advantage of Unicode prior
to the introduction of Carbon. Using the latest CarbonLib, Unicode
applications can run as far back as 8.6. Such applications can use any
TrueType font with a Unicode cmap, including Windows .ttf fonts.
Deborah Goldsmith
Manager, Fonts & Unicode
Apple Computer, Inc.
goldsmit@apple.com
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