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From: mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple IIgs Fonts
Message-ID: <35830@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 23 Oct 89 01:19:20 GMT
References: <23239@cup.portal.com>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <23239@cup.portal.com> Lou@cup.portal.com (William Joseph Marriott) writes:
>Greetings.
> 
>I have a couple questions about Apple IIgs-format fonts.
> 
>1. Does the IIgs support "true" italic and bold versions of fonts?
>  Times italic, for example, looks much different on the laserwriter
>than it does on the screen when you italicize the plain Times font.
>
The IIgs Font Manager does support styled variations on base fonts.  However,
this still means you have to have the styled variation on the disk or the Font
Manager can't know about it.  If you actually have Times Italic in your 
*:System:Fonts directory, when a program asks for Times Italic, the Font
Manager will go load it and use it.  If you don't, it will italicize the closest
version of Times it can find.

(BTW, some programs use the QuickDraw call SetTextFace for styled fonts.  A
program doing this doesn't give the Font Manager a chance to load the good font
from disk, and so a created font will always be used.  Not too many programs
do this, but some modules of AppleWorks GS used to, at least.)

>3. Can I access other fonts on the laserwriter besides Times and
>   Helvetica? I want to try using Bookman and Zapf Dingbats.
>
Yes, you can.  See Apple IIgs Technical Note #67, "LaserWriter Font Mapping."

>Bill Marriott
>Lou@cup.portal.com


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