Re: LaserWriter II fonts -- HELP

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From: jimi
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1989 15:29

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In article <1058@sdcc12.ucsd.EDU>, bi38@sdcc12.ucsd.EDU (Macbeth Ylr) writes:
> I have a LaserWriter II (nt).  I notice in the manual there are
> several fonts such as ITC Zapf Chancery, etc.  I would like to 
> access them from a postscript program.  What are they really called?
> 
> I try 
> 
> /ITC-Zapf-Chancery findfont
> 
> but just end up with the default.
> 
> Anyone out there know what I'm doing wrong or what the real names
> of these fonts are for postscript

Try this:

	/ZapfChancery-MediumItalic findfont

Here's a list of other PostScript font names that happen to be
defined in my system. This lists all the standard fonts on
35-font controllers and a few more.

Times-Roman
Times-Bold
Times-Italic
Times-BoldItalic
Helvetica
Helvetica-Oblique
Helvetica-Bold
Helvetica-Bold
Helvetica-BoldOblique
Courier
Courier-Bold
Courier-Oblique
Courier-BoldOblique
AvantGarde-Book
AvantGarde-BookOblique
AvantGarde-Demi
AvantGarde-DemiOblique
Bookman-Light
Bookman-LightItalic
Bookman-Demi
Bookman-DemiItalic
Helvetica-Narrow
Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique
Helvetica-Narrow-Bold
Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique
Helvetica-Black
Helvetica-BlackOblique
Helvetica-Light
Helvetica-LightOblique
NewCenturySchlbk-Roman
NewCenturySchlbk-Italic
NewCenturySchlbk-Bold
NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic
Palatino-Roman
Palatino-Bold
Palatino-Italic
Palatino-BoldItalic
ZapfChancery-MediumItalic
ZapfDingbats
Symbol
Helvetica-Outline
Times-Outline
Italic-Outline
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Jim Ingram	          uunet!h-three!jimi | jimi%h-three@uunet.uu.net
h-three Systems Corporation   P.O. Box 12557 RTP NC 27709   919 549 8334

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From: jimi@h-three.UUCP (jimi)
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Subject: Re: LaserWriter II fonts -- HELP
Summary: here's a list of PostScript font names
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Date: 27 Jan 89 15:29:35 GMT
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