Response from Berthold Horn, Re: Configuring Y & Y for Windows XP

[Mike Prager]

Thanks, Murray, for this additional information.  It seem clear, then, that
either Windows has overcome this limitation or never had it.  In either
case, ATM is the problem now, but the issue could be overcome by reducing
the internal font name (to <= 31 characters, if memory serves).

Mike


At 03:17 PM 1/28/2004, Murray Eisenberg wrote:
>Well, I have had a similar issue with some of the Mathematica fonts:
>Windows has no trouble distinguishing among them, but ATM Deluxe 4.1 (with
>the ATMFIX.EXE applied) does: the names (the ones internal to the files, I
>think it is) just seem to be too long for ATM to distinguish them.
>
>Mike Prager wrote:
>>At 12:53 PM 1/28/2004, you wrote:
>  >
>>I think the incompatibility is with Windows itself.  The font that causes
>>the problem in my installation is Lucida Sans Typewriter, bold
>>italic.  In my opinion, the name change should go on the list of items to
>>be fixed by Y&Y as soon as possible.  It should be easy and cheap to fix.


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