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Gregory Lee Silvus (silvus@vauxhall.ece.cmu.edu) wrote:
: In article <1992Oct1.165705.19948@cs.brown.edu> jgm@cs.brown.edu (Jonathan Monsarrat) writes:

: [ ... ] MSWord [ ... ] can be asked to
: output PS format. Unfortunately, I have also noticed that when I ask
: MSWord to produce PS files, it bitmaps *the entire document*. IMO, that
: bites the big one. Has anyone else experienced this? Does MacWrite
: give not bitmapped PS output? Any help appreciated.

Not quite, but almost.  The culprit is TrueType.  The LaserWriter driver
prefers TrueType fonts to Type 1, and whenever it can it prefixes your
PS file with the encoded TrueType fonts plus the PostScript code for
a TrueType interpreter.  This is the "bitmaps" you thought you saw.

Somewhere hidden among all this binary lies the reasonable PS version
of your MW document.

My approach was to delete the TrueType fonts, data security erase the
sectors they had occupied, and move the TT distribution floppy to a
locked cabinet in a room separate from my Mac.  So far, the LW driver
has not succeeded in finding them.  :-)

Another approach is to install the Trimmer CDEV, which filters this
garbage out of PS files generated by Mac applications.  Available
from your local archive site.