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You said you tried everything you could think of, but I did not see
"Fractional Widths" in your list of things you tried. Make sure the
"Fractional Widths" check box in the Page Setup dialog is checked
and see if that makes a difference. The "Fractional Widths" setting
is carried with each individual document so the setting would have
to be checked for all old documents even if you set the default to
be on for new documents. I find it handy to have the Fractional
Widths command/setting added to a menu (using the Commands...
dialog); that way a quick look at the menu will tell you whether
Fractional Widths is turned on for the document or not (a check
mark shows up next to the menu item when its on).

Another possible thing to try is to simply remove the TrueType
font, since you say you are printing to a LaserWriter II all you
really need is some of the bitmapped fonts for Helvetica which is
built into the PostScript printer.
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Dana E. Keil           Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
dana@are.Berkeley.EDU                 University of California, Berkeley