Re: RFP: XP font mapping mechanism

From: Leonard Rosenthol (leonardr@lazerware.com)
Date: Thu Oct 03 2002 - 08:45:11 EDT

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At 10:19 PM -0400 10/2/02, Jody Goldberg wrote:
>Not entirely. The printer drivers generally provide a configurable
>map from screen to printer fonts to avoid downloading fonts that are
>already present in the printer.

If a printer driver does that, it should be shot and put out
to pasture! The use of "supposedly exact matches" for fonts is the
cause of many headaches and lost hair in the publishing industry.

You NEVER EVER substitute a font at print time...

Leonard

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