NeXT Technical Alert 92-4

Summary

Fonts can randomly disappear from the Font Panel when you're using more than 250 fonts in NeXTSTEP Release 3.  

Description

NeXTSTEP Release 3 does not currently support more than 250 fonts.  There seems to be a discrepancy between .afmcache, .fontdirectory, and .fontlist, with .fontdirectory seeming to be missing entries.  

Solution

To work around the 250 font limit, you can do one of the following:

1.	Copy the utility /usr/bin/buildafmdir from NeXTSTEP 2.x  into your Release 3 /usr/bin directory.  Then rebuild your font index by running the command buildafmdir. 

2.	Break  your fonts up between /LocalLibrary/Fonts and ~/Library/Fonts.

For More Information

Contact NeXTedge at 1-800-848-NeXT for more information.  

December 1992	NTA 92-4