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Issue #7      September 8, 2000      Shaaaaarrk! What's New For extremely fresh buns, check out our Be in the News section on the Be website. As you may imagine, we're showing up all the time in the media, and we take all the nice stuff they say and put it in one place for easy access. Enjoy! The Hidden Question Last week's hidden question was, "Name the two large bodies of water on either side of Costa Rica." The answer was the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. About 50 people answered correctly, and here are the lucky five who won fabulous Be baseball caps: David Berg, Oregon Alex Bamesreiter, Germany Kevin Eddy, New Jersey Linda Jonker, Germany Tony Park, North Carolina The Hidden Question Rules: Somewhere in the newsletter there will be a hidden trivia question. If you've registered your copy of BeOS 5, send an e-mail to with the correct answer (and your name and address, please -- don't worry, I promise you won't get stalked) and you will be entered into a drawing to win some nifty BeOS swag. PLUS your name will be announced in the next newsletter as one of the Big Winners. That is all. Adding Fonts to the BeOS One of the many things that people notice about using the BeOS is how nice the fonts look on screen. This is the result of using only outline-based fonts for the system, and of performing anti-aliasing of text when it's drawn on screen. Of course, once people notice that fonts look good, they want more fonts. The BeOS Personal and Pro editions each come with a number of fonts, including some that are pretty exciting (well, if you like fonts a lot). But to be a true BeOS Power User, you still need more fonts. Lots more fonts. So that's what this Hot Buns Tip is all about. First, to add more fonts to your system, you need to acquire more fonts. The BeOS uses TrueType fonts in the Windows format (most Windows TrueType fonts have a ".ttf" extension). You can find thousands of fonts in the correct format on the Internet (try an Alta Vista search for "free font"); here are a few sites to get you started. Our biggest Power Users especially like Chank: http://www.chank.com/freefonts.html http://www.amazonfonts.com/ http://www.sirspeedy3000.com/f.freefont.html http://www.kats-korner.com/font.html Once you have downloaded the fonts, and possibly decompressed them, you need to install them. This is simplicity itself: just move the font files to the / home/config/fonts/ttfonts/ directory (you may have to create a "ttfonts" folder in the /home/config/fonts/ directory). Then launch the Fonts preference panel and Rescan. Now you have more fonts than you can shake a stick at. That makes you a BeOS Power User, too! Check it Out I recommend checking out this cool article about how regular kids are making movies in 30 minutes in San Francisco's The Zeum, which has a roster of interactive educational projects and art installations aimed at kids ages 8- 18. "The Production Lab" is powered by -- you guessed it -- BeOS. I work at Be and even I didn't know about this. Horoscopes The stars are silent this week. No horoscopes. Credits & Legal Stuff Editor, Writer, Local Sports Announcer: Wendy Hall Copyeditor, Weather Man: Mike Popovic To answer that hidden question, send e-mail to hidden@be.com To write a nice note to Wendy, send e-mail to wendy@be.com The BeOS User Newsletter Copyright (c) 2000 by Be, Inc. All rights reserved. Be, Inc. 800 El Camino Real, Suite 400 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Tel: (650) 462-4100 Fax: (650) 462-4129 Web: http://www.be.com/ Be, BeOS and BeIA are trademarks or registered trademarks of Be Incorporated in the United States and other countries. Other brand product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. All rights reserved. What is the name of the Russian nuclear submarine that tragically sank -- taking the lives of all 118 men on board -- in the Barents Sea on August 12, 2000? Har-dee-har-har.

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