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>Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 10:59:54 -1000
>From: Keola Donaghy <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #6778 Hindi fonts in Mac OS 9 and X
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Laura, OS X looks for fonts installed in the OS 9 fonts folder on startup,
so if he had Hindi fonts in there they would show up (the same thing
happens to us with our Hawaiian fonts). This saves you from having to keep
duplicates of every font if you use both OS 9 and OS X on the same machine.

Check to see if the Hindi fonts are still in the OS 9 folder, perhaps he
or someone else removed them thinking that they were no longer necessary
as he was using OS X.


HTH,

Keola

Penei ka OEölelo a [log in to unmask]:
>I have a Hindi professor who upgraded from Mac OS 9 to OS X a few months 
>ago. We didn't think he would have any options for Hindi input in OS X, 
>since they still haven't released support for Hindi. However, the Hindi 
>font he used in OS 9 with Microsoft Word 2001, Jaisalmer, carried over 
>magically to OS X and he was able to use it with Microsoft Word X. This 
>worked for months, but now he has just gotten back from a monthlong 
>absence, and the font no longer shows up in OS X.
>
>The ONLY thing that I can think of that might have changed the font setup 
>is that I did turn the computer on once while he was away, and there were 
>software updates. I installed them, and I think the Asian language
>support 
>update might have been in there (Chinese and Korean), because now there
>are 
>Chinese and Korean fonts and he doesn't remember seeing those before. I 
>suppose it's possible that these bumped out the Hindi font somehow.
>
>I am rather at a loss as to what to try, though, since this really never 
>should have worked in the first place. Has anyone else experienced this 
>font crossover between OS 9 and OS X?


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Keola Donaghy                    
Hawaiian Language Curriculum and Technology Coordinator
Native Hawaiian Serving Institution Program
University of Hawai'i at Hilo

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