Why are mxml docs showing as Unix executables?

Every time I save an mxml file, either from Flex builder,
TextMate, or BBEdit its icon shows as a Unix executable (and it
does indeed have execute set).
Why is this, and how can I ensure it always just shows as a
plain text file, which is what it is?

I think Tom has nailed it. I took an old postscript type 1 outline font and stripped its resource fork. The Finder promptly displayed it as a UNIX executable. All the information is actually IN the resource fork, there isn't a data fork in those fonts. So if the Finder is showing the UNIX executable icon it means the resource fork got nuked somewhere along the way, and there is no data left for any font management program to import.
Fonts cannot travel gracefully from OS 9 to Tiger by way of some other file system--the resource fork gets lost. If you still have them on their original drive try putting them in a folder and stuff or zip the folder, then burn the folder to a CD or put on thumb drive or something, and copy the stuffed/zipped folder to Tiger.
Francine
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