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From: batcheldern@icosa.dec.com (Ned Batchelder)
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Subject: Re: Changing resident font name
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Date: 19 Jun 89 18:12:51 GMT
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It looks to me like you did just the right thing. In fact, you are taking up very little extra memory, since almost all of the data for the two fonts is shared.

One point though: the difference between Helvetica Narrow and Helvetica Condensed is not merely one of name: they are different fonts. The Narraw font is actually normal Helvetica shrunk in the x direction. Condensed is a whole new set of outlines. Narrow came out first.

Another solution to your problem would be to find out what the x shrink is for Helvetica Narrow, and actually define it yourself in your printer to be the way the LaserWriter Plus has it. Then you Mac will actually be getting what it asked for. Of course, the match between the two may be good enough, and the design of the Condensed nice enough that your solution is preferable.

Ned Batchelder, Digital Equipment Corp., BatchelderN@Hannah.DEC.com