bill@CVS.ROCHESTER.EDU (Bill Vaughn) (03/30/91)
We've recently installed an HP LaserJet III to replace an aging
Apple LWIINT and noticed a small problem with the Courier font
implemented by the PostScript cartridge: the "back-quote"
character (`) comes out on the paper looking almost like the
apostrophe (') character. The PostScript documentation seems to
indicate that this should not happen, at least according to
the character renditions of Courier in the manual.
Has anybody else seen this? Do we have a bad PostScript Cartridge?
We use Courier for normal, everyday printouts of unformatted material
esp. program listings, mail, *shell scripts*, etc.
As you might have guessed we are a Unix shop and the "back-quote"
character is like one of the family. Looks like HP has given it
the boot.
This doesn't happen with the other fonts, but then again the back-quote
doesn't really *look* like the good, ole back-quote in those fonts
anyway.
It turns out the the ascii code 301 does look like a back-quote in the
Courier font. Anyone know how I could make a very selective filter that
would change all ascii 140's to 301's while in Courier?
Bill Vaughn
bill@cvs.rochester.edu
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Bill Vaughn
Center for Visual Science
Univ. of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627 bill@cvs.rochester.edu