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From: bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG)
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Subject: Re: Font Substitution
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Date: 6 Feb 89 20:47:55 GMT
References: <203@Portia.Stanford.EDU> <535@internal.Apple.COM>
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In article <535@internal.Apple.COM> casseres@Apple.COM (David Casseres) writes:
>In article <203@Portia.Stanford.EDU> hi@portia.UUCP (Mustafa YILMAZ) writes:
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>>How does the LaserPrinter decide which LP font to substitute for any fonts ?
>
>Font substitution occurs in only two cases:
>
>	Times Roman is substituted for New York
>
>	Helvetica is substituted for Geneva
>
>Note that the character spacing of the original font is preserved, so as
>to preserve formatting; but the appearance and readability of the printed
>text suffer as a result.

Actually, I believe that Courier will be substituted for Monaco (both of
these are monospaced typefaces), as well.

In my experience, for the reason David C. mentioned above, it is best to
work with a screen font corresponding to the PostScript outline font in
your printer, even if it is not optimized for the 72-dpi screen on your
Mac.
 
>David Casseres

John Heckendorn

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