Quick Reference: Font/DA Mover for System 6.0.x


Font/DA Mover is a utility that installs fonts and desk accessories (DAs)
in your System file. Once installed, you can use these fonts and desk
accessories with any application. This quick reference covers:

- Installing Font/DA Mover

- Using Font/DA Mover

- Hints and help

- Where to get more information

Important: Make sure you use Font/DA Mover 4.1. If you have older versions
of Font/DA Mover on your hard drive, drag them to the Trash. Using an
older version can damage your System file.

Note: You don't need Font/DA Mover at all if your Macintosh is running
System 7.0 or later.

Installing Font/DA Mover
------------------------
To install Font/DA Mover, copy the Font/DA Mover 4.1 application to your
hard drive. You may want to keep it in the folder where you keep your
other utility programs. (You don't need to keep it in your System Folder.)


Using Font/DA Mover
-------------------
The steps below show you how to install fonts. The same steps apply to
installing DAs. Follow these steps:

1) Double-click the Font/DA Mover application.

Once Font/DA Mover is launched, you'll see two boxes. The left one
shows the fonts currently installed in your System file.

2) Click the Open... button on the right side to go to the fonts you want
to install. A standard file selection dialog box appears.

3) Find the font file with the fonts you want to install, select it,
and click the Open button (or press Return). You'll be taken back to
the Font/DA Mover dialog box. Its window shows the contents of the
font file selected for installation.

4) Select the fonts you want to install by dragging over the list on
the right (or you can Shift click each font size). When you've
selected the fonts, their names appear in white letters on a black
background. The Copy button highlights automatically. Arrows on the
button show the direction in which you're installing.

5) Click the Copy button to install the fonts. If you're in MultiFinder,
you'll get a message saying that the fonts and DAs installed.

6) Click the OK button.

7) When you're finished, click the Quit button to return to the desktop
(Finder). If you're in MultiFinder, restart your Macintosh.

To install desk accessories during the same session, click the Desk
Accessory radio button. The left scroll box then shows the DAs currently
installed in your System file. Follow steps 3-6, substituting the word
"DA(s)" wherever you see "font(s)" in the instructions.


Hints and Help
--------------
To display DAs first, rather than Fonts, hold down the Option key while
launching Font/DA Mover.


Where to Get More Information
-----------------------------
If you want to explore more, read The Macintosh Bible, Third Edition, pages
483-486.


The information in this article is brought to you by ATC Services.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012