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From: hammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Robert J. Hammen)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Changing resident font name
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Date: 3 Aug 89 05:18:46 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. 

Nonono. Helvetica Narrow and Helvetica Condensed are NOT the same font.
Helvetica Condensed is a "true" font, whereas Helvetica Narrow is simply
Helvetica scaled at 82% of its width. 

Two possible solutions exist to this problem:

1) Get the Macintosh screen fonts for Helvetica Condensed. They are at 
sumex-aim.stanford.edu in the info-mac/fonts/adobe directory (as well as
most of the other Adobe screen fonts for the Mac - the ones that could be
distributed, in any case).

2) Get a copy of the PostScript code which defines Helvetica Narrow from
Helvetica for all four variants. I have it, and it's readily available on
CompuServe and elsewhere, but I wouldn't risk Adobe's wrath by posting it.

I think your best bet would be #1, since a)downloading the PS code to the
printer every time it is started up is a pain, and b)Helvetica Narrow is ugly
(IMHO).

Helvetica Narrow first surfaced when Apple introduced the LaserWriter Plus.
Most of the third-party lasers that have been introduced since then don't
include the "narrow" version, opting instead for the real Helvetica Condensed
font. I wish that printer manufacturers would mention the differences between
Helvetica Narrow and Helvetica Condensed in their manuals - I mean, it's not
like people don't buy third-party laser printers for their Macintoshes...

Robert


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