ZapfDingbats problem in FreeHand generated EPSF ?

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From: Martijn Koster
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1991 22:46

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Hello all,

I have a problem with getting ZapfDingbats in EPSF files generated by
Aldus FreeHand 2.0 on the Mac: they don't show up.

The document consists of one single textbox, with one ZapfDinbats %
(the telephone) symbol in it. When printed out directly it comes out
fine, but when I "Export" as EPSF file, upload it to a UNIX machine and
"lpr" it to the same printer, nothing shows up.

I eventually managed to get them by putting and explicit "/ZapfDingbats
findfont 14 scalefont setfont" just before the show command.

Does anybody know what's going on here, is there a bug in the FreeHand
EPSF header?

BTW, the Mac is a MacPlus, and the laserwriter a Plus and a Personal
LaserWriter. I'd include the EPSF file, but I'm afraid the FreeHand
dictionary might have copyright on it :-(

Svp mail me direct, I'll summarise for the net

-- Martijn Koster

mak@cs.nott.ac.uk

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From: mak@cs.nott.ac.uk (Martijn Koster)
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Subject: ZapfDingbats problem in FreeHand generated EPSF ?
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