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Re: Funny Spacing in WriteNow

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From: Oliver Steele
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1987 15:32
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isle@dartvax.UUCP (Ken Hancock) writes:
>In article <38@qucis.UUCP> cordy@qucis.UUCP (Jim Cordy) writes:
>>I'm working on a MacPlus with a Radius FPD, System 3.2, WriteNow 1.0,
>>LaserWriter 3.1, normally with Geneva on the screen, font substitution to 
>>Helvetica on, and reduced 12 pt -> 10 pt (i.e. 83%, as suggested by the 
>>WriteNow manual).
>
>That is most likely your problem.  You don't use Geneva if you're working
>with a LaserWriter.  It can only substitute so well.  If you want to get
>exactly what you see, correct spacing and everything, use HELVETICA.

Or, if you MUST use Geneva, turn font substitution off so that WYS will
be WYG (this cures the spacing problem) and make sure the largest size of
Geneva you can find is in the System (this ameliorates the aesthetic
problem).

Other things to check are:  make sure "Use printer spacing" is checked in
the page setup dialog (this doesn't make a whole lot of difference except
at small sizes and for bold text), and make sure that the same number is
entered in both the "Reduce or Enlarge" editable text field at the top of
the dialog and the "Ruler reduction" at the bottom.


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From: steele@unc.cs.unc.edu (Oliver Steele)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Funny Spacing in WriteNow
Message-ID: <1776@unc.cs.unc.edu>
Date: Tue, 27-Oct-87 10:32:37 EST
Article-I.D.: unc.1776
Posted: Tue Oct 27 10:32:37 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 29-Oct-87 22:32:15 EST
References: <38@qucis.UUCP> <7482@dartvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: steele@unc.UUCP (Oliver Steele)
Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Keywords: WriteNow, bugs