Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!news From: tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) Subject: Re: Windows not auto-downloading softfonts Message-ID: <1991Jun5.101310.2496@watserv1.waterloo.edu> Sender: news@watserv1.waterloo.edu Organization: University of Waterloo, WATMIMS Research Group References: <1991Jun3.210027.118@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <390@dosbears> Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1991 10:13:10 GMT Lines: 26 > mdcg7180@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael David Carr) writes: >> 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. Mike Lipsie writes: > 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. That's not Windows; it's either the DeskJet and/or HP's DeskJet printer driver. Temporary soft fonts work just fine in Word for Windows -- as long as you have a LaserJet! > You don't say which DeskJet you have but remember you need quite > a bit of memory to hold a downloaded font. Downloaded soft fonts actually don't take much memory at all! For a LaserJet, a 10-point Avant Garde takes a mere 20K, with a 20-point at 71K, both including all international characters. Italics and Bold are extra, of course... [ \tom haapanen --- university of waterloo --- tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu ] [ "i don't even know what street canada is on" -- al capone ]