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Hello Michael,

In article <1992Dec15.112044.1404@tkymail.sps.mot.com>  
mshaler@tdocad.sps.mot.com (Michael Shaler) writes:
] I'm very confused about things:
] 
] 1.	Why do Palatino and other families--Architect, Bodoni, etc. 
] 	generally look like road-kill on the screen?  

Might be they're not really NeXT-fonts (that is, with bitmapped screen  
fonts included), or screen resolution doesn't suit.

] 2.	Furthermore, some fonts (Palatino Roman 12) show up on-screen
] 	as Helvetica!! 

This could mean that there are screen fonts for Palatino-Roman (thus the  
restriction to one damaged size), which is misinstalled. Removing and  
re-installing the complete typeface should help in most cases (we had  
similar troubles here and fixed 'em that way --- maybe we were lucky,  
though).

] 
] Things get stranger when it's time to print.  
] 1.	When I print to a remote Apple NTX-J over NFS, things work.  

Uses printer fonts.

] 2.	When I print to a local NeXT color printer, I get Courier!!

Uses NeXT-fonts ;-) , since the NeXT does all the rendering; the printer  
is only a laser printer engine with no PS interpreter. The fonts installed  
on your NeXT are being used for the printout as well. Since there seem to  
be something wrong with them, the printout shows up erroneous.
  
] 3.	When I try to print the public domain Architect font 
] 	(never very predictable, even under 2.1) I get screen fonts,
] 	but Courier on paper.

??? Might be a type 3 font, but why doesn't it work on the printer if it  
does on screen ???

] 
] To review steps taken thus far:
] 1.	Deleted the hidden files in the /LocalLibrary/Fonts 
] 	directory (.afmcache, .fontdirectory, and .fontlist), 
] 2.	Logged in as root,ran buildafmdir and cacheAFMData 
] 3.	Made sure the permissions were set correctly for everybody,
] 4.	Logged back in as myself, and 
] 5.	Was promptly disappointed by what I saw.  
] 
] Any helpful hints from Those Who Know Better?

Try re-installing one of the mentioned fonts and do steps 1-5 again. Maybe  
it'll help a bit.


Hope this helps, Elmi.

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