Date:  Wed, 3 Dec 1997 19:54:58 -0500
From:  Grant Barrett <gbarrett[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]JERRYNET.COM>
Subject: Character Display on Macintosh

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Dennis (and interested observers):

The latest version of PopChar is PopChar Pro 1.02 (from July 97) (as opposed to plain old
PopChar 2.72, the un-pro version). Before you install any other program, try downloading it
<http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Archive/gui/popchar-pro-102.hqx> and
re-installing. It should work.

If it still doesn't work, here are a couple of programs for viewing fonts on a Mac that you might
try (all available from http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive.html).

FontVu: Application, easy interface. Dump it into your Apple Menu Items folder in the System
folder for easy access from the Apple Menu. Seemed a little slow, but I have a billion fonts
installed and ATM set to anti-alias fonts on-screen, so who knows?

QuickChar:Allows you to invoke the character representation with a keystroke. Uses control
panel and system extension. Possibly more complex than necessary.

FontClerk 6.2: Very comprehensive, definitely more complex than for the infrequent "is it option
'e' then the vowel?" kind of question. But still a good program.

Grant Barrett
gbarrett[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]dfjp.com