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From: wfh58@leah.Albany.Edu (William F. Hammond)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Word Processor recommendations for HP LaserJet wanted.
Summary: LJ downloadable fonts are NOT machine specific
Message-ID: <2233@leah.Albany.Edu>
Date: 4 Dec 89 17:52:58 GMT
References: <8912040555.AA21428@jade.berkeley.edu>
Organization: Dept of Math & Stat, SUNYA, Albany, NY
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In article <8912040555.AA21428@jade.berkeley.edu>, GORRIEDE@UREGINA1.BITNET (Dennis Robert Gorrie) writes:
> 
>       First of all, most of the workprocessors I have seen don't support
> HP LaserJet II's to the extent of support for all the possible cartriges.
> Secondly, there are no HP LJ II  downloadable fonts available for the Amiga,
> yet.
On the Amiga it's very easy to work with exotic LJ fonts as long as you're
not forced to go through "PRT:".  It does require reading the LaserJet manual,
and sending your files through "PAR:".  Any "soft" font that can be downloaded
from a PC (as long as it is not specific to some particular piece of PC soft-
ware) can be moved to an Amiga using one of the disk format conversion programs
(like CrossDos or Dos-2-Dos) and then downloaded to a LaserJet (for example,
using "type foofont.jet to par:".  If you're using a decently user-configurable
editor (like "dme" or many other examples), you can "wire in" to "hot keys" or
"macros" the various escape sequences for the LJ needed to conduct your
favorite font maneuvers.  If you're using cartridge fonts, that is really all
you need to do.

(The "etale" screen font (Fish Disk 254) is a screen font designed to match
most of the mathematical characters on the "mathfonts" cartridge.  If you want
more info about interfacing the "etale" screen font with that cartridge, send
me email.)
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William F. Hammond                   Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics
518-442-4625                         SUNYA, Albany, NY 12222
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