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FontSel is copyright 1992 by Jay M. Krell. All rights reserved. FontSel may not be sold or bundled with something that is sold without the author's permission. FontSel is based on MenuFonts, a Macintosh Control Panel from Dubl-Click Software. To install FontSel, copy it the System:CDevs folder of you startup disk, delete CDev.data, and reboot. Note that under System 6, CDevs will become seperate control panels. FontSel has not been tested very much, so PLEASE report any problems you encounter. FontSel is a CDev that helps you while selecting fonts from a font menu. With FontSel, font names are written in the font that they name. This way, you can see what you are selecting before you select it. FontSel's workings are more than a bit unorthodox and rely on things that are not documented. Some important points about version 0.3: o As stated, FontSel still mucks with things it shouldn't, but version 0.3 does things a little better than 0.2. o The font size used is 10 points, but, for the sake of speed and clarity, FontSel does not ask for the font to be scaled, so the nearest size is used. Since it is often larger, FontSel expands the menu horizontally to fit the largest font I have - Chicago Ridge. If one of your fonts goes outside of the font menu, let me know so that I might expand it more. I have read recommendations from Pointless users that you save 10 point bitmaps for use with FontSel. o Whenever you quit an application, the fonts are all purged from memory. In the future, they might remain in memory to eliminate the reloading. o FontSel does not work Font menus in new desk accessories. This too might change. If FontSel does work with a desk accessory, that desk accessory is probably violating the recently issued technote #104. o FontSel may be turned on and off, but turning it on will not take effect until you run another application. FontSel must be in the CDevs folder while you boot. If it is installed after a boot, it will tell you that you need to reboot for it to take effect. If FontSel is turned off with its checkbox, but the Finder shows it as enabled, then you can turn it on without rebooting from the CDev. Therefore, you might want to turn it off using its checkbox instead of the Finder's Get Info window. Version 0.31, released just days after 0.3, fixes two problems o doesn't mess up Choose Font dialog o turning on and off take effect immediately At this point, I think FontSel is worth some money, but I will hold off on making it shareware till the next version. If you like/use FontSel, please let me know. If you would like to see certain features (whether or not they are mentioned above), please tell me. Don't underestimate the worth of letting me know you like FontSel. Ray Bailey's positive comments on GEnie, which I read yesterday, are largely responsible for me finishing up 0.3 for release. Also, I'm definitely open to new a title and a new icon for FontSel. Jay M. Krell 145 East Lauer Lane Camp Hill, PA 17011-1313 GEnie: J.Krell1 America Online: JayKrell Primary development tools for FontSel - Merlin 16+ and APW Rez Version history ============== 0.2 - 2/21/92 - init, screwy with NDA's, patches dispatcher 0.3 - 3/26/92 - CDev, does nothing with NDA's, unless, perhaps, they call FixFontMenu which they're not supposed to (technote #104), patches FPT's 0.31 - 3/38/92 - doesn't mess up Choose Font dialog, turns on and off immediately