The Symbolic Fonts Nightmare on XP

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1 total messages Started by Helge Blischke Tue, 24 Dec 2002 13:31

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Author: Helge Blischke
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 13:31

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When using the default PostScript printer driver on Windows XP (the joint "Adobesoft" one), installed Type1 fonts that have a built-in encoding different from WinAnsi, Symbol, or ZapfDingats (e.g. various pi fonts from various vendors) are not printed.
Instead, all characters to be shown using these fonts are replaced by WinANsi-bullets (0x95, if I remember correctly) which in turn are replaced by .notdef in the PS RIP (as this glyph is neither encoded nor defined in the font in question).

If I instead use a derivative of the NT4 Microsoft driver (the CUPS driver hacked by Easy Software Products), these fonts print as expected.

The screen display is ok, by the way.

Any clues?

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