We can’t exactly write volumes about the Apple Classic Fonts. However, we thought we’d call them to your attention since you get them free with System 7.1. But they’re not installed by the Installer. You have to go get them from your Fonts disk yourself.
These fonts are the original 1984 bitmapped screen fonts. They’re not TrueType or PostScript fonts, so they won’t print smoothly on a laser printer (or any printer), particularly if you print an odd-numbered point size.
You install them as you’d install any font: Drag the suitcase file on top of the System Folder. (See Chapter 24 for more on fonts.)
Apple File Exchange (pre-System 7.5)
Apple’s advertising consistently says that your Mac can read disks from IBM-compatible computers. (We’ll call them DOS disks hereafter.) Yet for years, you couldn’t just shove a DOS disk into your Mac and watch its icon show up on the screen. If you tried, you’d get an error message telling you that the disk wasn’t formatted correctly. Today, Apple’s PC Exchange (System 7.5 and later) makes shove-and-play a reality. But before PC Exchange, the only solution was Apple File Exchange.
In System 7 through 7.1, Apple File Exchange lies on your Tidbits or Install 2 disk. Launch Apple File Exchange before inserting a DOS disk. After it’s running, you’re fine — insert away. The DOS disk’s contents show up on the right side of the screen.
Then you can select any file in the list on the left side and copy it onto the DOS disk by clicking the Translate button. Or you can select a file on the right side and copy it to your Mac.
Of course, transferring the file to your machine doesn’t necessarily mean that you have a program that can open it. For more on converting DOS files to Mac, see Chapter 16.
