Re: findfont cmd in Encapsulated Postscript

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From: Aandi Inston
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 18:25

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Returning to your original question

>I've found that any font name I use that has spaces in it (ie: Bookman Old Style) will not work. Only fonts that have no spaces in them will work.
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>For instance:
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>/Ariel findfont 100 scalefont setfont
>
>works fine, while:
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>/Bookman Old Style findfont 100 scalefont set font
>
>does not.

Refer to the rules of PostScript syntax (PS Language Reference). A
name may not contain spaces. That is fact three separate names, one
literal, two not.

Fortunately, PostScript allows a string in place of a name in every
context, and so you can use a string instead. However, PostScript font
names very rarely contain spaces.

Aandi Inston

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