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From: jaz@icd.ab.com (Jack A. Zucker)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Windows/Postscript/fonts
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Date: 26 Sep 90 13:29:06 GMT
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Does anyone understand the font strategy withing Windows regarding mapping
of screen fonts to fonts in the printer or soft fonts ? I am mainly interested
in this subject as it relates to the Postscript drivers. I called Microsoft
and they told me that the font strategy was proprietary and would not explain
it. 

How do I install a screen font and corrosponding postscript printer font to
get something like Word to recognize it and send the appropriate font to
the printer ? The thing that has me confused is that the documentation on
Softfonts seems to pertain almost entirely to HP's.

Why is this stuff not documented in the windows manual or printers.txt ?

-Jaz


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