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From: mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: PostScript from AWGS
Message-ID: <53810@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 9 Jun 91 20:15:32 GMT
References: <455F389FC0204A1A@crl.aecl.ca>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <455F389FC0204A1A@crl.aecl.ca> DELANEYG@WM6.WL.AECL.CA writes:
>The gs has one BIG problem with postscript.  It puts a font name on in the
>PS file that the printer does not know. 

This is getting a tad out of hand.  We go through this every now and then,
and it looks like "now" again.

The IIgs LaserWriter driver does not download PostScript fonts, nor does it
know how to map screen fonts to PostScript fonts that it doesn't have hard-
coded.  Why not?  Because all the mapping information used by the Macintosh
LaserWriter driver is held in the font family description resource (the
infamous FOND).  The IIgs has no analog to the FOND resource, and it certainly
has no information intrinsic to any font that would include PostScript
font name mapping information.

So, the LaserWriter driver guesses.  It knows exactly the names for all the
fonts (and their stylistic variations) built into the LaserWriters from Apple
(through the LaserWriter IINT, at least) and it guesses at the stylistic
suffixes for other fonts.  If it doesn't find the PostScript font in the
printer with the guessed name, it sends a bitmap font.

Apple IIgs Technical Note #67 details all of this, and has for nearly two
years.

The "Palatino" problem is something different -- I'm not really sure what's
happening here.  The IIgs LW driver is supposed to have "Palatino-Roman" built
in for the plain style, but maybe it has "Palatino" instead for some reason
(maybe the PostScript font name changed at some point).  I'll try to remember
to look into it when I get a chance.
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