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From: U39648@uicvm.uic.edu (From The Mind Of)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Deskjet font handling w/Windows woes
Message-ID: <91049.100507U39648@uicvm.uic.edu>
Date: 18 Feb 91 16:05:07 GMT
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I too, have had NO luck in getting soft-fonts to be recognized by Windows.

Microsoft sent me to Hewlett-Packard, and HP sent me the latest Windows
"Deskjet Family" driver, and still no luck.  I think my driver's version is
03.10.00A.

In any case, it might be noted, that HP's soft-fonts that they sell seem to
work.  But every font I've run into from other sources has the same 0pt
problem, and HP was unable to help me.

Just a side note, the Deskjet 500 Scalable font driver for Windows will work
just fine on your DeskJet, and should be considerably faster than SuperPrint.
However, it can't import fonts from all the sources SuperPrint supports, nor
does it scale fonts on-screen (you have to build them ahead of time), nor
does it replace the PrintManager with a spooler that takes less system
time like SuperPrint.  But it does seem to be the fastest print-time compared
to SuperPrint, ATM, and FaceLift.  It also correctly seems to work with most
applications that use graphics to the printer, and unlike the DeskJet family
driver, seems to support some gray shading.

- Darius
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