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From: barry@wolman1.prime.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Deskjet fonts..
Message-ID: <160700040@wolman1>
Date: 1 Jul 89 23:56:00 GMT
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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.

Microsoft Powerpoint comes with a set of "presentation fonts" containing
large sizes for Times and Helvetica.  I believe that the largest size
is 96 points, which would let you generate 24 point output.  I've used
these fonts with a DeskJet with very good results.

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