0001300: ComicSanMS not working

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(0014388 - 171 - 171 - 171 - 171 - 171 - 171) tim 07-21-13 00:08	It doesn't actually cause an error report in 4.5-12641 but the font proffered sure as hell ain't actually Comic SansMS but looks quite like bolded BitStreamVeraSans to me.

(0014389 - 384 - 394 - 394 - 394 - 394 - 394) tim 07-21-13 00:19	Oh and indeed a quick inspect of TextConstants shows that the TextStyle named ComicSansMS in fact has 5 BitStreamVeraSans fonts, all bolded in sizes 6 9 11 17 & 26. So that's why it looked like that. What happened to good old comic-sans? How can I write comically insane emails about how I've found a disproof of {choose well-established science here} without it installed properly?

(0014401 - 814 - 860 - 1134 - 1134 - 1134 - 1134) lewis 07-21-13 03:23	I believe that there may be copyright issues with ComicSansMS that prevent it being distributed in the image. Most likely the real ComicSansMS was replaced with a placeholder font for this reason. The font list should probably be updated to reflect this. Release notes for Squeak 2.0 are at the bottom of this swiki page: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/5809. [^] Quoting from that page: "NOTE: The Comic Sans font included in this release is copyright: © 1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Use is governed by the agreement found at http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/eula.htm [^] Copies of this font may not be distributed for profit either on a standalone basis or included as part of your own product. It is our intention to replace this font with a public domain font in the near future."

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
06-02-05 17:11	KenCausey	New Issue
07-21-13 00:08	tim	Note Added: 0014388
07-21-13 00:08	tim	Status	new => confirmed
07-21-13 00:19	tim	Note Added: 0014389
07-21-13 03:23	lewis	Note Added: 0014401

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