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Re: Deskjet fonts..

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From: Fred Hollander
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1989 14:07
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In article <4994@uoregon.uoregon.edu> pramod@drizzle.UUCP (Pramod Daya) writes:
>Does anyone know of an ftp site or other source of 4x fonts for the HP
>deskjet? I only have a 48pt Times font, which limits the range of
>options somewhat, and it seems that there must be dedicated people out
>in netland somewhere who have created large versions for the commonly
>used Mac fonts.

Assuming the DeskJet uses standard bitmap fonts, you could use the
fonts from a LaserWriter SC.  I believe there is a good selection up
to 96 points.  Another option, if you have access to a LaserWriter,
is to use FontSizer to generate a bitmap of any Postscript font at
any size.

-Fred

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