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From: mikel@dosbears.UUCP (Mike Lipsie)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Windows not auto-downloading softfonts
Message-ID: <390@dosbears>
Date: 4 Jun 91 18:15:03 GMT
References: <1991Jun3.210027.118@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: dosbears!mikel@pyramid.com (Mike Lipsie)
Organization: DOS Bears
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In article <1991Jun3.210027.118@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> mdcg7180@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael David Carr) writes:
>Has anyone had problems getting Windows to automatically download
>temporary softfonts to a Deskjet, like the manual says is supposed
>to happen when an application calls for a particular soft font?

I must assume you are referring to the HP manual and not any Microsoft
manual.

>I've followed the directions to the tee, but when I go to print
>using any [not previously loaded] soft font, I get the printer's
>built in font (Courier).  This happens whether I'm using a Windows
>app or not.

That's because Windows (and Word for Windows) does not support
temporary softfonts.  In fact, as you examine all the choices
you will notice that Windows considers a font as something it
downloads now (during Printer Setup), at boot-up time, or that
you will take care of.

The ONLY way around this is to use a package like Adobe Type
Manager which will convert not loaded fonts into bitmaps and
print them.

You don't say which DeskJet you have but remember you need quite
a bit of memory to hold a downloaded font.


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Mike Lipsie
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