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From: greid@adobe.com (Glenn Reid)
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Subject: Re: Changing resident font name
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Date: 18 Jun 89 04:50:36 GMT
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In article <81398@ti-csl.csc.ti.com> martin@m2.UUCP (Steven Martin) writes:
>I am using a TI OmniLaser 2106 with a Macintosh.  One of the resident
>fonts is named improperly.  While the Mac generates
>Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique, the resident font name is
>Helvetica-Condensed-BoldObl.  The Narrow/Condensed problem was easy

These are DIFFERENT FONTS.  It is not just a naming problem.

The Helvetica-Narrow family is algorithmically derived from Helvetica
by changing the FontMatrix.  It is otherwise the same font as Helvetica,
and you can get an equivalent font with the "makefont" operator.  It was
put there because it is easy to derive it from Helvetica, and the
Condensed font did not yet exist.

The Helvetica-Condensed font family is designed to be narrow.  The
characters are individually designed, and it is just a different font
from Helvetica.  It basically looks better than Helvetica-Narrow,
because some attention was paid to the letters, they weren't just
squashed.  So consider yourself lucky to have the better font :-)

If you substitute one for the other, be advised that you will not get
perfect compatibility, because the widths of the characters are different.
They are close, but not the same.

Your best bet is to get a copy of the screen fonts for
Helvetica-Condensed and use that on the Macintosh end, rather than
trying to coerce the printer fonts into being fonts that they aren't.

I believe you can get a copy of the screen fonts from Adobe by calling
1-800-344-8335.

Glenn Reid
Adobe Systems
Developer Tools & Strategies