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From: casseres@Apple.COM (David Casseres)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Font Substitution
Message-ID: <618@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 9 Feb 89 17:53:37 GMT
References: <2397@byzantium.cs.swarthmore.edu> <540@internal.Apple.COM> <70667CXT105@PSUVM>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <70667CXT105@PSUVM> CXT105@PSUVM.BITNET (Christopher Tate) writes:
>Also, if you are working with one of the screen fonts designed to simulate a
>laser font (such as Palatino), the laser printer will be forced to use the
>screen font if you uncheck the "Font Substitution" box.
>
>Needless to say, this can make your output a trifle blocky....

This is not so, at least if you have the fonts and the LaserWriter set up
in the normal manner.  As far as I know the only way you get the screen
font from the printer is if the printer doesn't have the PostScript font,
i.e. if it's not a Plus or NT and you don't download the font.

David Casseres