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From: mak@cs.nott.ac.uk (Martijn Koster)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: ZapfDingbats problem in FreeHand generated EPSF ?
Message-ID: <1991Mar4.224652.2358@cs.nott.ac.uk>
Date: 4 Mar 91 22:46:52 GMT
Reply-To: mak@cs.nott.ac.uk (Martijn Koster)
Organization: Nottingham University
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Hello all,

I have a problem with getting ZapfDingbats in EPSF files generated by
Aldus FreeHand 2.0 on the Mac: they don't show up.

The document consists of one single textbox, with one ZapfDinbats %
(the telephone) symbol in it. When printed out directly it comes out
fine, but when I "Export" as EPSF file, upload it to a UNIX machine and
"lpr" it to the same printer, nothing shows up.

I eventually managed to get them by putting and explicit "/ZapfDingbats
findfont 14 scalefont setfont" just before the show command.

Does anybody know what's going on here, is there a bug in the FreeHand
EPSF header?

BTW, the Mac is a MacPlus, and the laserwriter a Plus and a Personal
LaserWriter. I'd include the EPSF file, but I'm afraid the FreeHand
dictionary might have copyright on it :-(

Svp mail me direct, I'll summarise for the net

-- Martijn Koster

mak@cs.nott.ac.uk