zawada@EN.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (Paul J Zawada) (08/30/89)
I need some help for a friend of mine. He has an IBM PC/2 with Aldus Pagemaker. He also has a postscript compatible IBM laser printer (although I'm not sure which one). Only four fonts came with Pagemaker, and they are very plain at that. He can buy more fonts, but they run almost $200 each -- money he doesn't have after buying his current set-up. I'm PC-illiterate, so I have a few questions that I'd appriciate answered. I was wondering if there are any Public-Domain fonts available that could be used with Pagemaker. If so, could someone mail them to me? More specifically, if I was able to get Postscript fonts off the net from someone, would it be possible to convert them to a format usuable with Pagemaker? Note: My friend's PC is not networked to anything, but I have access to networked PCs to do downloading. It would also be possible to connect a modem to my friend's PC and use Kermit or the like. Thus, transfering anything you send to me would be no problem. However, since I'm used to using big machines and my buddy has limited knowledge of his PC, I'd need help installing fonts.... If any of this is possible... Any help would be appreciated.... Thanx PJZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Paul J Zawada | zawada@ee.ecn.purdue.edu "E-site" Student Consultant | ...!pur-ee!ei.ecn.purdue.edu!zawada Purdue University | Engineering Computer Network | GO BOILERS!!!
howeird@hpwrce.HP.COM (Howard Stateman) (08/31/89)
zawada@EN.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (Paul J Zawada) writes: >I need some help for a friend of mine. He has an IBM PC/2 with Aldus >Pagemaker. He also has a postscript compatible IBM laser printer >(although I'm not sure which one). Only four fonts came with Pagemaker, >and they are very plain at that. He can buy more fonts, but they runa... Something is missing from this picture. Aldus Pagemaker comes with 16 built- in Postscript fonts, which will appear if he chooses Postscript Printer under Pagemaker's Printer Setup, and then chooses Apple Laserwriter Plus or QMS800 Plus as the specific printer hardware. This is Pagemaker 3.0 I am speaking of. Before he buys anything else, have him talk to Aldus tech support at (800) 332-5387 if he can't get those fonts to show.