Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!mcnc!ecsvax.uncecs.edu!uvfowl From: uvfowl@uncecs.edu (Vicki J. Fowler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Word 4.0 and fonts Summary: check the systems Message-ID: <1990Mar27.162036.8972@uncecs.edu> Date: 27 Mar 90 16:20:36 GMT References: <1960@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> <6764@columbia.edu> Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service Lines: 19 In article <6764@columbia.edu>, kearns@read.columbia.edu (Steve Kearns) writes: > When I move a word file from one machine to another, it forgets some > of its fonts (specifically times). > > I think one machine has the standard fonts and the other has the > laser screen fonts. > > Any workarounds or other hints? > -steve The easiest solution is to install all the fonts that are on each machine onto the other one (so that both machines have the same fonts). If you use one font and put it into another machine which does not have that font in its system, it will usually change it to a default font. Also, unless you are using a postscript Laser, make sure all the sizes on both machines are identical. Good luck! Vicki Fowler