signatures - Page 3

anglin_fool · 14-Nov-2001, 08:36 PM **#31**

Yeah, it sucks! My boat's tan, just not that style. Come to think of it, the fish looked terrible too! I'm thinking of changing again. But now, you took the coolest one! dang it! (he he)

Now I'm thinking of using some HTML code I have saved on a Word Doc and copy and paste it to the bottom of all my posts! Someone posted that he wanted to change his phrase on every post. Maybe he should do it that way?

The search continues. . . .

MacFromOK · 14-Nov-2001, 08:46 PM **#32**

Thanks Anglin,

I think someone wanted a "random" sig that
would vary by itself. I have no clue how that
could be done using only VB code...

But it would be pretty cool...

Cheers, Mac

DoyceJ · 14-Nov-2001, 09:21 PM **#33**

I knew about the quotes thing. Thats where I was getting lost. It didnt look like anything I had played with before. Let me work.

anglin_fool · 14-Nov-2001, 10:25 PM **#34**

The quotes thing will not work. They need a database of all the quotes and a random generizer to pull out one of those quotes from the database. If s/he wants to create a new quote every time s/he replys, they have to put it in the post. The signature stays the same and changes only when you make changes in their profile. Be neat though, but it will take up alot of space on your server.

<HR>
Anglin_fool

HOW DO YOU GET HOLY WATER? You boil the hell out of it.

MacFromOK · 14-Nov-2001, 10:37 PM **#35**

Hehe, I'm not sure we're all on the same page
here. Some of us are talking about generating
random quotes and some are talking about the
"quote" button.

Or maybe I don't have a clue as usual....

anglin_fool · 14-Nov-2001, 10:54 PM **#36**

oops, my bad

wrong thread

cwolfe98 · 14-Nov-2001, 11:35 PM **#37**

HTML Font Colorizer.. Nice! Thanks for the find!

MacFromOK · 14-Nov-2001, 11:46 PM **#38**

Ain't it cool...

anglin_fool · 15-Nov-2001, 12:01 AM **#39**

Yeah, I believe hewee or eddie5659 posted it

MacFromOK · 15-Nov-2001, 12:07 AM **#40**

Not sure, but I think it was hewee...

hewee · 15-Nov-2001, 03:29 AM **#41**

I posted the
HTML Font Colorizer

DoyceJ · 15-Nov-2001, 07:55 PM **#42**

A trick I ran across you all might be interested in.

Every font you install sucks up physical memory. Unless you have physical RAM to spare, I wouldn't suggest loading too much more than your commonly used fonts. So what do you do with the fonts you want to keep but not install? Put them in ANOTHER directory ("fontsOther" so you can find it beside the Fonts folder). When you want to use a particular font in a document/graphic, go to your "Other Fonts" folder, double-click on the font you want to use (and KEEP THE FONT OPEN), and launch the application in which you wish to use that font. The font should show up in your regular list as if it were installed the "normal" way. When you're done, you can close the font preview window and Windows is none-the-wiser.
This also fixes the problem of too many fonts. All fonts are stored in the Registry, and the Registry has a limit of 64k for each key...meaning 800 - 1000 fonts are all that can be stored without a shareware font manager program.

DoyceJ · 11:12 PM

hewee · 16-Nov-2001, 12:39 AM **#44**

DoyceJ,

Wow your great.
I never heard that before so I had to test it out and wow it works great.

Some times you can have lots of trouble with having to many fonts. My sister had that with Office 97 and called MS and they say keep the font folder below 200. She had like over 800 fonts. They have her a list of fonts that you have to have and said to delete the rest or you can get a font manager program. She got Adobe font manager but could never get it to work right.
The only bad part was that she could not highlight and delete more the one font at a time she said so it took hours and hours to delete 600 fonts.

Here is a copy I made from a old message board obout fonts.

Hi Trish,

I am not Don but hope I can help (I see to remember you from the days of the AOL/IBM message
boards - glad you found us here!)

A RAM upgrade WOULD help you first of all, especially when editing large pictures. Your system can
only optimally use 64MB of RAM, but every little bit helps with graphics programs.

Does your kernel error come up even if you set your resolution to 640x480 or switch the color depth to
256 colors?

Another thing you might want to consider - have you installed programs that add many FONTS to your
system? Having too many fonts is a prime cause of kernel32 errors when launching those programs.

What follows is a pretty long procedure, but it may allow you to isolate your error.

Follow these steps to remove a font from a program's FONT list without deleting the font file:

1. Use Windows Explorer to create a folder to store a copy of the TrueType font files.
a) Click START > RUN
b) Type C: and tap ENTER
c) Double-click the Windows folder.
d) Right-click on an empty area of the screen [within the Windows folder].
e) Choose NEW > FOLDER
f) Name this folder OLDFONT

2. Copy the fonts you want to remove from the Windows\Fonts folder to the folder you created in step 1.

a) Double-click on the FONTS folder.
b) While holding down CTRL, click on each of the fonts you want to remove.
c) When done, click on the EDIT menu, and choose COPY.
d) Close the FONTS folder, and double-click on the OLDFONT folder.
e) Go up to the EDIT menu, and select PASTE.

3. Go to START > SETTINGS > CONTROL PANEL

4. Double-click on FONTS.

5. Delete the font files you copied before. DO NOT DELETE any "red" letter fonts,

6. Restart the computer.

If you decide to re-install a font that you have removed, you can install the font from the folder
containing the font file copies. Make sure to select the "Copy fonts to the Fonts folder" option so that
the font file is copied. If you do not select this option, the font file is located in only one folder and is
deleted the next time you remove the font.

Here are some alternate directions if you just want to DELETE extra fonts without saving them first.

Remember not to remove the following fonts from Windows. (Otherwise, Windows may not display
correctly or appear illegible.)

Arial
Arial Bold
Arial Bold Italic
Arial Italic
Arial Narrow
Arial Narrow Bold
Arial Narrow Bold Italic
Arial Narrow Italic
Arial Rounded MT Bold
Courier 10,12,15
Courier Bold
Courier New
Courier New Bold
Courier New Bold Italic
Courier New Italic
Marlett
Modern
MS Line Draw
MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24
MS Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24
Small Fonts
Symbol
Symbol 8,10,12,14,18,24
Times New Roman
Times New Roman Bold
Times New Roman Bold Italic
Times New Roman Italic
Webdings
Wingdings
Any font which displays a red letter A as its icon.
Any font without the TT TrueType icon.
Any font whose name begins with the letters MS is best left on the system.
Any font used by Microsoft® Office and Windows® Internet Explorer.

These are the instructions for reducing the number of fonts installed on your operating system down to
a total of 250 to 300 fonts:

1) Click on the Start button, select Settings, and then click on Control Panel.

2) Double-click the Fonts icon.

3) Click on the font name you wish to remove so that it becomes highlighted.

4) Click File on the menu bar, and then select Delete.

5) Click the Yes button to confirm deletion. The file will now be deleted.

6) Restart the computer.

Hope this helps . . .

------------------
Joe
2159 S74, 80 MB RAM, 512KB Cache, Win98SE

[This message has been edited by JoeyR (edited 07-21-2000).]

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DON5408
Webmaster
posted 09-20-2000 11:47 AM

"My question is which are the most popular fonts, the ones I should keep in my FONTS folder?"

For starters don't delete MARLETT.TTF under any circumstances and don't delete any .FON files (the
icons with the read A). Other than that I'd avoid deleting any of the True Type fonts originally loaded with
a default Win9x install, find a list of those here http://members.aol.com/don5408/uaskb/basic_fonts.html

"I'm not quite sure what happens if I go to a web site that uses a font I don't have on my machine."

Nothing earthshattering, the text will just default to a basic font such as Arial or Times New Roman.
While you wont be seeing the page as the author intended it you will still be able to read the
information. The same thing goes for documents (ex: WordPad *.DOC files), if you don't have the font
installed a more generic default font will be used. As long as you don't delete the most basic fonts this
is more of a cosmetic issue than anything else.

"I saved the entire "FONT" folder (663 fonts/64MB) to a Zip Disk by clicking Win Exployer, clicking +
sign on "Windows" folder and then right click and drag "FONT" folder (Copy, not Move) to Zip Disk. I
was then going to delete everything in the FONT folder except the ones you listed in your post. That
way I can review the fonts on my Zip disk and move any back to the FONT folder I might need. Do you
think this will work?"

Yep, that should work just fine. Same idea, different implementation, the bottom line (that you CYA via
backup) is all that matters.

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Best wishes,
Don

DoyceJ · 07:25 PM

Just playing. I cant seem to find anything on my system to view them with.

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