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From: dirk@words (Dirk van Nouhuys)
Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop
Subject: New Characters for PostScript
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Date: 21 Mar 88 16:54:46 GMT
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What tools are available for defining new characters for PostScript 
printers?

Here's the background: I'm a technical writer, and I print a lot of 
camera-ready copy from an IBM PC. I do most of this with Microsoft Word, 
but some with Ventura Publisher. I'm becoming convinced that a 
PostScript printer is the best solution to my recurring problems with 
typographic quality and flexibility. Before I take the plunge, I have to 
be sure that PostScript will do everything that my clients expect.

My currently foreseeable needs are:

1. To change the character positions of some characters in downloaded 
fonts. I must do this to get the same output from a text file as my 
client, who may be using a LaserJet.

2. To compose new characters and incorporate them into downloaded fonts. 
All the characters represent keycaps, and either are very simple (lines 
and arrows) or are composed of an existing character and very simple 
additions. I'd like true PostScript characters, but bitmapped symbols 
are adequate if I can make the printer treat them just like font 
characters.

I must be able to download the modified fonts from a PC. I'd prefer to 
be able to design the characters on the PC, but I have access to a Mac 
if I need it.

3. To print crop marks on each page from Microsoft Word (I know V.P. can 
do this automatically).

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