Re: No Zapf-Dingbats in my Apple LaserWriter IIf ?

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From: Vidiot
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 20:34

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In article <1992Sep8.153655.17176@jet.uk> djs@jet.uk (David J Stevenson) writes:
<(Sorry if .lang implies this is the wrong group, feel free to redirect
<any follow-ups).
<
<Using an Apple LaserWriter IIf, any attempts to print Dingbats result in
<Courier.  The power-up page says that the printer contains 35 fonts, and
<therefore, I assumed, Zapf-Dingbats (ref comp.fonts FAQ).
<
<Any ideas why I am not getting the correct font?   Postscript test program
<follows:
<%%
<0 setlinecap 0 setlinejoin
<0 0 translate 1 1 scale
<%
</Zapf-Dingbats findfont 12 scalefont setfont
<249 329 moveto
<0 setgray
<(Dingbats) show
<showpage

It is ZapfDingbats, not Zapf-Dingbats.
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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
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Subject: Re: No Zapf-Dingbats in my Apple LaserWriter IIf ?
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Date: 9 Sep 92 20:34:51 GMT
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