Many Macintosh-specific fonts use a file structure that predates os x. In
this structure, the file contents are divided into two parts: a data fork and a
resource fork. Older versions of the Mac os used data in the resource fork to tell
(among other things) what application created a specific file. Mac os x does
this by reading a file’s filename extension, such as .doc. Dfonts are a variety of
TrueType
font that have no resource fork, and they are included in os x for the
sake of font compatibility with other computers running the unix operating
system. (Os x, like Microsoft Windows, is based on unix.)
You can use dfonts just as you would any other Macintosh TrueType font.
Documents formatted with them will not, however, display correctly on Macs
running operating systems that predate os x.
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