To make matters worse, several fonts included with the install disks for
this system are split in two to fit on 800K disks, but I have been
unable to rejoin them. Attempting to run the installer in Mini vMac have failed to rejoin these two-part archives.
Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> wrote:
To make matters worse, several fonts included with the install disks for
this system are split in two to fit on 800K disks, but I have been
unable to rejoin them. Attempting to run the installer in Mini vMac have
failed to rejoin these two-part archives.
What file ending (extension) do these parts have? This might help to
advise you how tou re-join them.
For arcane reasons, I am currently attempting to extract a number of
ancient bitmap fonts from an early version of the Macintosh Traditional Chinese System (System 6.0.3-TA)
Unfortunately, these fonts are in the 'fbit' format rather than the
normal FONT/NFNT format and I have been utterly unable to find any information on this format.
any ideas where one might find information on this format???
Christian wrote:
Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> wrote:
To make matters worse, several fonts included with the install disks for >> this system are split in two to fit on 800K disks, but I have been
unable to rejoin them. Attempting to run the installer in Mini vMac have >> failed to rejoin these two-part archives.
What file ending (extension) do these parts have? This might help to
advise you how tou re-join them.
He said the files have a creator/type of MrBK/MsBK.
To make matters worse, several fonts included with the install disks for >> this system are split in two to fit on 800K disks, but I have been
unable to rejoin them. Attempting to run the installer in Mini vMac have >> failed to rejoin these two-part archives.
What file ending (extension) do these parts have? This might help to advise you how tou re-join them.
He said the files have a creator/type of MrBK/MsBK.
I had asked for the file extension.
D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> wrote:
Christian wrote:
Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> wrote:
To make matters worse, several fonts included with the install disks
for
this system are split in two to fit on 800K disks, but I have been
unable to rejoin them. Attempting to run the installer in Mini vMac
have
failed to rejoin these two-part archives.
What file ending (extension) do these parts have? This might help to
advise you how tou re-join them.
He said the files have a creator/type of MrBK/MsBK.
I had asked for the file extension.
Andre G. Isaak wrote:
For arcane reasons, I am currently attempting to extract a number of ancient bitmap fonts from an early version of the Macintosh Traditional Chinese System (System 6.0.3-TA)
Unfortunately, these fonts are in the 'fbit' format rather than the
normal FONT/NFNT format and I have been utterly unable to find any information on this format.
I found this Usenet article; maybe you found it too. Doesn't have a lot of answers, but it suggests that fbit resources are bitmaps: https://macgui.com/usenet/?group=25&id=20274
Does anyone have
any ideas where one might find information on this format???
You'll need to get Apple's documentation for language kits. Try this:
Inside Macintosh: QuickDraw GX Typography (The QuickDraw GX library)
D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> wrote:
Christian wrote:
Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> wrote:
To make matters worse, several fonts included with the install disks for >>>> this system are split in two to fit on 800K disks, but I have been
unable to rejoin them. Attempting to run the installer in Mini vMac have >>>> failed to rejoin these two-part archives.
What file ending (extension) do these parts have? This might help to
advise you how tou re-join them.
He said the files have a creator/type of MrBK/MsBK.
I had asked for the file extension.
Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> wrote:
To make matters worse, several fonts included with the install disks for this system are split in two to fit on 800K disks, but I have been
unable to rejoin them. Attempting to run the installer in Mini vMac have failed to rejoin these two-part archives.
What file ending (extension) do these parts have? This might help to
advise you how tou re-join them.
Christian
In article <1ntcesn.pxxxvmgoyug5N%christian180415@ghanart.org>,
Christian <christian180415@ghanart.org> wrote:
To make matters worse, several fonts included with the install
disks for this system are split in two to fit on 800K disks, but I
have been unable to rejoin them. Attempting to run the installer in
Mini vMac have failed to rejoin these two-part archives.
What file ending (extension) do these parts have? This might help to advise you how tou re-join them.
He said the files have a creator/type of MrBK/MsBK.
I had asked for the file extension.
back then there were no extensions, unless the files came from another platform.
In article <1ntbkzx.q56861cmk4uzN%christian180415@ghanart.org>,
christian180415@ghanart.org (Christian) wrote:
Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> wrote:
To make matters worse, several fonts included with the install disks for this system are split in two to fit on 800K disks, but I have been unable to rejoin them. Attempting to run the installer in Mini vMac have failed to rejoin these two-part archives.
What file ending (extension) do these parts have? This might help to
advise you how tou re-join them.
Christian
No file extension. The first part is of Type MsBK and Creator MrBK and
is entirely data-fork based. The second part is type fbit Creator TSYS
which would also be the type/creator of the completed file. This is a resource-fork based file, but is not usable as is.
The file names themselves are in pre-Unicode Chinese.
Note that the disks on which each part occur also contain an invisible
file called InvisHDBo3b. These is a data-fork based files with an empty
type and creator.
He is using the classic Macintosh operating system, which associates files with applications based on a 4-character type and creator code which is stored as part of the metadata for each file in the catalog. He said the files have a creator/type of MrBK/MsBK.
On 2018-08-10 22:32:02 +0000, Christian said:
D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> wrote:
Christian wrote:
Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> wrote:
To make matters worse, several fonts included with the install disks for >>>> this system are split in two to fit on 800K disks, but I have been
unable to rejoin them. Attempting to run the installer in Mini vMac have >>>> failed to rejoin these two-part archives.
What file ending (extension) do these parts have? This might help to
advise you how tou re-join them.
He said the files have a creator/type of MrBK/MsBK.
I had asked for the file extension.
There probably isn't one. "Classic" MacOS files don't need nor normally
have a filename extension. The exception is really only when a file
that has been transferred from Windoze, but even then you can just
rename it to get rid of the useless extension.
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
On 2018-08-10 22:32:02 +0000, Christian said:
D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> wrote:
Christian wrote:
Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> wrote:
To make matters worse, several fonts included with the install disks for >>>>>> this system are split in two to fit on 800K disks, but I have been >>>>>> unable to rejoin them. Attempting to run the installer in Mini vMac have >>>>>> failed to rejoin these two-part archives.
What file ending (extension) do these parts have? This might help to >>>>> advise you how tou re-join them.
He said the files have a creator/type of MrBK/MsBK.
I had asked for the file extension.
There probably isn't one. "Classic" MacOS files don't need nor normally
have a filename extension. The exception is really only when a file
that has been transferred from Windoze, but even then you can just
rename it to get rid of the useless extension.
Only partially true statement - sorry, you failed.
In article <1ntd065.jd45671m43b2rN%christian180415@ghanart.org>,
christian180415@ghanart.org (Christian) wrote:
Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> wrote:
In article <1ntbkzx.q56861cmk4uzN%christian180415@ghanart.org>,
christian180415@ghanart.org (Christian) wrote:
Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> wrote:
To make matters worse, several fonts included with the install disks for
this system are split in two to fit on 800K disks, but I have been unable to rejoin them. Attempting to run the installer in Mini vMac have
failed to rejoin these two-part archives.
What file ending (extension) do these parts have? This might help to advise you how tou re-join them.
Christian
No file extension. The first part is of Type MsBK and Creator MrBK and
is entirely data-fork based. The second part is type fbit Creator TSYS which would also be the type/creator of the completed file. This is a resource-fork based file, but is not usable as is.
Then they are probably not a segmented file, since there was normally
(at least in StuffIt, I think) the first segment had a file extension
(.sit or so) and the others the segment number appended to their file
name.
The file names begin with a part number 1-, 2-
Similarly split files are also present in some other CJK systems, where
the names end in (1/3), (2/3) and (3/3). The final part always has the type/creator codes of the reassembled files, and the remaining parts are MsBK/MrBK.
Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> wrote:
In article <1ntbkzx.q56861cmk4uzN%christian180415@ghanart.org>,
christian180415@ghanart.org (Christian) wrote:
Andre G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> wrote:
To make matters worse, several fonts included with the install disks for
this system are split in two to fit on 800K disks, but I have been unable to rejoin them. Attempting to run the installer in Mini vMac have
failed to rejoin these two-part archives.
What file ending (extension) do these parts have? This might help to advise you how tou re-join them.
Christian
No file extension. The first part is of Type MsBK and Creator MrBK and
is entirely data-fork based. The second part is type fbit Creator TSYS which would also be the type/creator of the completed file. This is a resource-fork based file, but is not usable as is.
Then they are probably not a segmented file, since there was normally
(at least in StuffIt, I think) the first segment had a file extension
(.sit or so) and the others the segment number appended to their file
name.
Otherwise, on re-joining the segments the computer / the
application would not be able to determine the order of the files.
The file names themselves are in pre-Unicode Chinese.
Note that the disks on which each part occur also contain an invisible
file called InvisHDBo3b. These is a data-fork based files with an empty type and creator.
Have you tried to look into the contents of that invisible file?
He said the files have a creator/type of MrBK/MsBK.
I had asked for the file extension.
back then there were no extensions, unless the files came from another platform.
Not true, if you say there were none. There were at least some.
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