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From: mfrishko@bbn.com (Michael Frishkopf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Font Translation Problems
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Date: 29 Aug 89 17:54:16 GMT
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Hello,

I have a problem with font translations.

I developed a specialized font, an edited version of zapf dingbats (actually,
the font has nothing to do with zapf dingbats, but I started with zapf
dingbats for reasons I can't recall now).  Since I edited zapf dingbats,
I called it "my Zapf Dingbats".  I gave it a font number of 203.   So the
name and number were distinct from zapf dingbats.  

When I printed a document using this font on the laser printer, I was surprised
to find that it had substituted zapf dingbats!  Of course, my new font
was just a screen bitmap, but I expected that the bits would be sent to
the laser printer (Apple Laserwriter II).

My question is:  how is font info sent to the laser printer, and how does
it decide what to substitute?  Does the font number get sent, or the name,
or both?  Is it possible that it noticed that "my zapf dingbats" and
"zapf dingbats" are close in name, and hence substitutable?  Is there a way
to force it to send the screen bitmap font?

thanks very much for your help,
Michael
mfrishko@bbn.com
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Michael Frishkopf (mfrishko@bbn.com)
BBN Communications Corporation, Cambridge MA

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