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From: lauac@mead.qal.berkeley.edu (Alexander Lau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Word 4.0 (was Re: For Brian Diehm)
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Date: 12 May 89 07:58:42 GMT
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In article <5694@microsoft.UUCP> stuartb@microsoft.UUCP (Stuart Burden) writes: (actually, the Word program manager writes)
>| * When the Page Setup... setting for unlimited downloadable fonts (in
>| the Options button dialog) is checked, documents using downloadable
>| fonts show major portions in Courier font. This indicates that the
>| LaserWriter is not getting the downloaded font when requested.
>| Unchecking the unlimited downloadable fonts option fixes the problem,
>| but limits you to a very few downloadable fonts. This bug remains
>| from version 3.
>
>This is a bug with the LaserWriter driver.  The same symptom occurs
>with FullWrite, WordPerfect, MacWrite, and, yes, Word 3.02.  We
>expect that it will be fixed in future System Software releases.
>
>Paul J. Davis
>Program Manager
>Word for the Mac

Actually, there IS sort of a bug with Word 4.0, since
Word 4.0 saves font information as NUMBERS instead of
font NAMES. If the LaserWriter driver receives a font
number that does not exist in the current System (or,
for that matter, a font name that doesn't exist in the
current System), it will send that bit of text to the
LaserWriter as Courier font.  I've had that happen a
lot at Laser Parlors when using programs that save
font information by font numbers.

BTW, Apple has requested that all new programs save
font information by font NAME in some tech note,
especially since the Font/DA Mover will arbitrarily
change FONT IDs to NFNT #s nowadays.  Is there a good
reason why Word 4.0 does not follow this guideline?

--- Alex
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