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Thomas J. Pusateri asks about downloadable LaserJet fonts and such
in a recent article, and also asks about how to download them....

A good solution to the problem of downloading fonts on-the-fly 
from your PC to your LaserJet would be to use a package similar to 
the BackLoader program from Roxxolid Corp.  This package allows 
users to download fonts into the printer in background while doing 
other things on their computer.

[ Contact information: Roxxolid Corporation, 3345 Vincent Road,
  Pleasant Hill, CA, 94523-4318,  (415) 256-0105 ]

An interesting alternative for you to perhaps consider is to
have a PostScript interpreter running on your computer, and 
to have that able to utilize so-called outline font technology
to give you higher quality output (plus output from programs like
Ventura Publisher too!) and the additional power of the
PostScript language (e.g. font scaling, rotating, etc).  There
are two main programs available that support the HP printer
family in this regard; GoScript from LaserGo Inc., and a
package called "Freedom of Press", which I have no further
information on.  It's off the beaten track for what you're
talking about, but might be worth investigating further]

[ Contact information: LaserGo, Inc., 9235 Trade Place, Suite A,
  San Diego, CA 92126  (619) 530-2400 ]

As far as the fonts themselves, if you have a LaserJet you should
know that not only does HP supply a raft of fonts, but that you
can get HP endorsed fonts from Bitstream Corporation too.  In 
addition Elfring, SWFTE, Conographics, and other firms offer fonts
for the LaserJet series.  I recommend that you contact your local 
HP authorized PC dealer to find out more about formal channels for 
obtaining fonts.

			I hope this helps.

						-- Dave Taylor
Intuitive Systems
Los Altos, California

Guest of HP Laboratories:  taylor@hplabs.hp.com