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From: rsilverman@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Question concerning downloadable fonts
Message-ID: <2377@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Date: 21 Oct 89 15:41:30 GMT
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In article <7402@thor.acc.stolaf.edu>, sobiloff@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (Blake Sobiloff) writes:
> I recently received the (supposedly) PostScript font MacHumaine from Stanford.
> I really like the way it looks on screen, but when I try and print it
> all I get is a very poor bitmap.  I'm printing from a Mac Plus to a Laser-
> Writer IINTX using both WriteNow and PageMaker.  PM even claims that it is
> downloading the font when it prints, but it is still not coming out PostScript.
> Is there a special way I have to install it using Font/DA Mover?  Is one of the
> document files that comes with the font a special resource I need to do 
> something with?  I've never used a downloadable PS font before (obviously), and
> would appreciate any help you netters could give me.  Thanks...
> 								Blake

Blake,
	A downloadable PostScript font for the Mac should come in two parts: a
screen font in a Font/DA Mover "suitcase" file, and the PostScript code
defining the character outlines.  The screen font is used by the Mac for screen
display, but when you print a document containing that font, the LaserWriter
driver will search the system folder, root directory, and current folder for
the printer font, and download that.  Only if it cannot find the printer font
will it construct a bitmap font on the fly from the screen font, and download
that, giving a message to that effect on the screen.  When it works properly, 
you will get no messages about the fonts.

                                                Richard Silverman

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