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From: CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher Tate)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Some TrueType problems
Message-ID: <91123.110716CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 3 May 91 15:07:16 GMT
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More problems with TrueType fonts:

*NONE* of the TrueType fonts available from the anonymous ftp archive at
mac.archive.umich.edu seem to work properly.  Specifically, when printing
on a Personal LaserWriter LS from MS Word 4.0, the line breaking "breaks,"
and causes lines to be broken at a length of about an inch and a half
(rather than the actual margin-determined length of 6").  This occurs at
any point size that I've tried.

Apple's TrueType versions of Times and Helvetica don't exhibit this
behavior, so I assume it's a flaw in the Type1 --> TrueType conversion
of these publicly distributable fonts.  Someone mentioned that FontMonger
version 1.0 had problems; perhaps this is an exhibition of further bugs
in that program (many of these fonts were converted by Dave Platt, using
FontMonger 1.0).  I've already sent Mr. Platt mail about the problem.

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