gardner@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Phillip E. Gardner) (08/07/87)
I have seen some discussion of laserwriter fonts but need more info. Is it possible to get some of the other fontsizes for Symbol and Helvitica? I need 15 really badly for preparing overheads. Thanks for any help you can give.
hallett@macbeth.steinmetz (Hallett) (08/10/87)
In article <1804@sigi.Colorado.EDU> gardner@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Phillip E. Gardner) writes: >I have seen some discussion of laserwriter fonts but need more info. >Is it possible to get some of the other fontsizes for Symbol and >Helvitica? I need 15 really badly for preparing overheads. > >Thanks for any help you can give. Well, let's see. 15 is really an odd size; perhaps you could use 14? (it's only 1/72" difference). However, do not despair if you really don't want to use 14. Get your self a copy of FONTastic from MacConnection (it's cheapest there for about $27). Use the SCALE option to make a 15pt from the 14pt. Touch up the new 15pt because Scaling will make a couple of jaggies. Now just use it like any other font. The PostScript version of the font doesn't care what sizes you send it since all PS fonts are scaled from one size anyway. So, choose 15pt (if your processor is smart enough to recognize odd-sizes) and edit away. If your processor doesn't recognize odd-sizes, you may have to fiddle with some resource stuff. Some of the more experienced application-resource hackers will have to help you with that. Jeffrey A. Hallett (hallett@ge-crd.arpa hallett@desdemona.uucp) Software Technology Program General Electric Corporate Research and Development ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many" -- Kirk (STIII) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disclaimer: My opinions do not represent my employer's, but it is his fault for giving me this thing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~