How do I check if a user has the needed fonts on their machine?

 

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How do I check if a user has the needed fonts on their machine?

The best way to protect yourself here is to embed your fonts and make sure all members use the embedded version.  For example if you embed "Arial" then you sohudl point all members to "Arial*" There is also an undocumented trick in Director 8 and 8.5 that will get you a list of all fonts on the system.... f = new(#font) put f.outlinefontlist() Even works in Shockwave. This is also a great way to allow users to select from any font on their system at runtime. Additionally you can check a member... put member("text member").missingFonts for any missing fonts