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Article #37237Re: Font Substitution
From: David Casseres
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 1989 02:25
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 1989 02:25
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In article <203@Portia.Stanford.EDU> hi@portia.UUCP (Mustafa YILMAZ) writes: > > I know that when you try to print a Bit-Mapped Font from a >LaserPrinter, it substitutes it with one of the LaserPrinter fonts. > >My question is: > >How does the LaserPrinter decide which LP font to substitute for any fonts ? > OR >How can I force a LaserPrinter to print a specific font(e.g Times) instead of >a bit-mapped font ? Font substitution occurs in only two cases: Times Roman is substituted for New York Helvetica is substituted for Geneva Note that the character spacing of the original font is preserved, so as to preserve formatting; but the appearance and readability of the printed text suffer as a result. Font substitution can be defeated in the Page Setup dialog. David Casseres
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!casseres From: casseres@Apple.COM (David Casseres) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Font Substitution Message-ID: <535@internal.Apple.COM> Date: 4 Feb 89 02:25:43 GMT References: <203@Portia.Stanford.EDU> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 25