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From: CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher Tate)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Imagewriter Spacing
Message-ID: <90255.150320CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 12 Sep 90 19:03:20 GMT
References: <7072@alvin.mcnc.org>
Organization: Penn State University
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Here at Penn State we did some testing of this phenomenon last year, and
told Microsoft about the problem, but never heard anything more about it.

The problem occurs with LaserWriter fonts EXCEPT Helvetica, as I recall,
when you apply styles such as boldface, etc. to them.  You get overlapping
characters and suchlike.

Somebody mentioned making sure Fractional Widths is turned on; this may
fix the problem (I don't remember; it's been a while).  Seems to me that
the problem is in the way Word handles character spacing, and trying to
reconcile the LaserWriter font metrics with the screen (and ImageWriter)
metrics.

An interesting point, though, is that MacWrite II does NOT have this
problem dealing with bitmap versions of the LaserWriter fonts.  Maybe
Microsoft should take notice....

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