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Custom fonts on Mac OS 1 through 9.0.4? #262

Closed Bonzey2416 closed 7 months ago

Bonzey2416 commented 7 months ago

I transferred Roboto fonts from my computer to Mac OS 9 emulator (Power Mac G3 B/W 256MB RAM) and when I try to open the font, I get an error:

The document "Roboto-Regular.ttf" could not be opened, because the application program that created it could not be found. Could not find a translation extension with appropriate translators.

Do I need to install programs to install fonts? What should I do? image

ghost commented 7 months ago

You need to drag & drop these fonts into the Fonts folder in the System Folder. Then restart.

Also make sure the fonts aren't broken or incompatible. They should have a font icon, not a blank file icon. And they should open in the font viewer.

Bonzey2416 commented 7 months ago

Do I need to install programs to convert Roboto font to run on Mac OS?

that-ben commented 7 months ago

No you don't, but where did you get those TTF files exactly? Pinpoint the archive location on the internet (URL) or explain how you came up with those files. The reason they appear as a blank/unknown file is because they lack their resource fork. This could be caused by a couple different scenarios, but until you explain where you got the files exactly and all the steps you did with that archive before its individual TTF files appear in the emulator, it's hard to guess.

ghost commented 7 months ago

I'm guessing they came from here, so these fonts obviously don't have a resource fork as they are intended for Windows/Mac OS X/Linux/BSD/whatever, not Classic Mac OS.

that-ben commented 7 months ago

What do you mean by you're "guessing" they came from there? Where did YOU get them?

ghost commented 7 months ago

When I tested this, I downloaded the fonts from there, and it was the same problem. I'm not the person who opened the issue, so that could very well not be where they came from, but it looks like the same problem.

that-ben commented 7 months ago

lol I'm so sorry! I thought you were the OP, I didn't check carefully... brainf4rt lol ;-)

Bonzey2416 Where did you get that archive of TTF files?

mihaip commented 7 months ago

The Infinite Mac issue tracker isn't really a place for figuring out how to convert modern TrueType fonts to something that classic Mac OS understands (I agree with https://github.com/mihaip/infinite-mac/issues/262#issuecomment-1840999060 about where the fonts likely came from).

You may better luck on forums such as https://www.emaculation.com/forum/ or https://68kmla.org/.