In article <ab9472da52.chris@xxxxxxxx>, Chris Hughes <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In message <52da708438riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Richard Ashbery <riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > In article <52da6c45b5Paul@xxxxxxxx>, Paul Sprangers <Paul@xxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > >> In article <52d9fed194dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dave Symes > >> <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> Apart from DPDings all the other Ov fonts have and are still > >>> giving me trouble with EasyFont Pro. > >> Probably, this is not going to help you very much, but most of my > >> fonts, many of which are EFF products, were giving trouble with > >> EasyFontPro. In fact, the error messages and freezings were so > >> numerous, that I eventually decided to delete EasyFontPro from my > >> harddisc. > > Not good to here - I was thinking of investing in EFP but all my > > Fonts are EFF - I don't suppose there are any alternatives? > Don't assume because one or two prople have had an issue its still > an issue, no indication of which version of EFP is in use. [ . . . ] > To be honest the alternative is to just use the normal Fonts system. A further option is LOOKsystems' "Font Directory Professional" which I use for all my DTP work, in conjunction with EFF fonts on the SA-VRPC & Kinetic, and using the equivalent EFF fonts for OvProWindows. FontDirPro's a very comprehensive system with a well-written manual. I can't recall many RISC OS problems with it - just the initial learning curve of how to operate it, and then a lot of thought about setting it up - i.e. how I should split up my selection of fonts into categories for ease of use. It does mean that I can keep any quirky-but-useful fonts handy in reserve but separate from my standard EFF ones. I'd be lost without it. I think the author, ?Adrian Look, has long left the RISC-OS scene, because my version is dated 2003. But I see that it's licensed to a certain Chris Evans (CJE, presumably) . . Michael Harding Rev. Preb. M.D. Harding riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or subscribe goto: //www.freelists.org/list/davidpilling