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From: a752@mindlink.UUCP (Bruce Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Adding fonts in WfW?
Message-ID: <3118@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 9 Sep 90 20:53:56 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> bose@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu writes:
> I have setup WfW to work with the LaserJet III driver.  The Symbol font
> is not part of the LJ driver.  How can I add it to the set?  I would like
> to use bullets in my docs and apparently, bullets are defined in the
> Symbol font.  Any advise would help.


     I have a related question.  During the setup program of Word for Windows,
I was offered the opportunity to install Symbol soft fonts in several sizes for
my Laserjet printer.  The program did the installation and deposited the files
in a subdirectory called PCLFONTS.  Instructions in the README.DOC file with
WfW told me that to run with Windows 3.0, I had to replace the installed *.PFM
files (presumably written for 2.x) with a new set of *.PFM from a special
subdirectory on one of the WfW floppy disks.  I did this.  However, when I went
to install the soft fonts through the printer setup series of dialog boxes, the
on-screen information indicated that the soft fonts were TmsRmn, rather than
Symbol.  I installed the fonts anyway, and changed their name to Symbol so that
they would not get confused with real TmsRmn fonts.  The fonts appear in the
font selector box in WfW, and seem to print fine from my printer.  However,
on-screen the fonts do not shows as symbols, but as ordinary letters.  This is
not a problem with the installation of the Symbol screen fonts, as these are
installed correctly and if I use Write rather than WfW I see the symbols
correctly on screen.  Any help available?  Is this a bug which is fixed in the
recent update of WfW (which I have not yet got)?
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Bruce Dunn   Vancouver, Canada    a752@mindlink.UUCP