Specifications
Apple II Technical Notes
Apple IIGS
8 of 8 #76: Miscellaneous Resource Formats
Nevertheless, in some cases keeping fonts inside an application file is necessary or desirable. In
such cases, the rFont resource is a convenient way to keep a font around. The resource is a
QuickDraw II Font, as defined in Apple IIGS Toolbox Reference, Volume 2. The font family name
is the resource’s name—the same Pascal string that normally precedes the QuickDrawII font
record in the font file.
font (+000) Bytes The font record, without the font family name.
Since the font record is a bunch of variable-sized tables, and since you probably want to use a font
editor (and not the resource compiler) to create fonts, the following resource compiler template isn’t
very revealing.
/*-------------------- rFont ------------------*/
type rFont {
hex string;
};
Further Reference
• Apple IIGS Toolbox Reference, Volumes 1–3
• Apple IIGS Technical Note #100, VersionVille
• HyperCard IIGS Technical Note #3, Pitching Sampled Sounds