Re: Almost Relevant

On Thu, 19 Nov 1998 03:55:06 -0500, Krogg <kro...@gtcom.net>
wrote:

>> Could you possibly make up a version called just 'Topaz' or 'ToNew' or
>> 'TPNew' or something with five letters, for all our AOL friends out there to
>> get when I fix up my patch for AOL3. (AOL2.5 one works AFAICT).
>> 
>> 'Amiga' ? :o)
>> 
>I am working on this still.Al has given me permission to distribute the
>new font and such.The snag is that,the font editor that i used to fix
>the font with screwed something up.I mean that the new font behaves
>funny in some applications.This was not the case b4 my hard drive
>crashed.I must find that wonderfull font editor again that i used the
>first time.Anyway,its my estimation that the final product will be
>ready for download in about a week.As far as the name goes,why _5_
>letters,i could understand why one would want 8 letters but why
>_5_ letters?

Maybe because Arial has five letters in it, and if you patch the
executeable to say TPNew or whatever instead of Arial, then you
obviously need a five letter name.. (now there's a messy explanation
for you) You can't insert bytes to a binary file and have it still
work, only replace.
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