Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!sdd.hp.com!mips!apple!voder!nsc!amdahl!rtech!dosbears!mikel From: mikel@dosbears.UUCP (Mike Lipsie) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Windows not auto-downloading softfonts Message-ID: <415@dosbears> Date: 6 Jun 91 15:12:49 GMT References: <1991Jun3.210027.118@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <390@dosbears> <1991Jun5.101310.2496@watserv1.waterloo.edu> Reply-To: dosbears!mikel@pyramid.com (Mike Lipsie) Organization: DOS Bears Lines: 39 In article <1991Jun5.101310.2496@watserv1.waterloo.edu> tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) writes: >> 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! Ah! Windows doesn't let you do anything with temp fonts for a DJ but the HP documentation that came with the printer does have some temp font management stuff (I assume it is enough.) I conclude that it is the "fault" of the driver writer (HP?). >> 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... Well, it's a lot of memory for a stock DeskJet (which has 16K, I think). I am unable to download much more than stock TimesRoman and Helvetica (12pt) with the memory cartridge. -- Mike Lipsie dosbears!mikel@pyramid.com mikel%dosbears.uucp@ingres.com