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Article #9045Re: Worry: Using Exotic Fonts
From: Woodrow Baker
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1990 13:32
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1990 13:32
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In article <99500020@p.cs.uiuc.edu>, gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes: > > I am hesitant to write a document using anything other than Adobe's > set of ~ 33 basic fonts. This is because, if I use some sort of > exotic font, there's no guarantee I'll be able to use it in a new > environment that I might move to. > > Am I worrying too much? Or is this a valid concern? I don't want to Adobe fonts are truly portable, as they are POSTSCRIPT programs. Other type 3 fonts are also portable, as long as you stick to a PS enviornment you won't have any problem. In addition some of the "exotic" fonts are industry standard..... Cheers Woody
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!ogicse!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!execu!sequoia!rpp386!woody From: woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Worry: Using Exotic Fonts Summary: I wouldn't worry Message-ID: <18015@rpp386.cactus.org> Date: 22 Feb 90 13:32:19 GMT References: <99500020@p.cs.uiuc.edu> Organization: River Parishes Programming, Plano, TX Lines: 16