smith@coral.bucknell.edu (Greg Smith) (04/02/91)
I have HyperCard 2.0 (just the version that comes with our new Macs) on System 6.0.7. I'll be printing reports to a StyleWriter with TrueType, so I picked the TrueType fonts for all the fields in my report. Now that I'm ready to print, I typed in some header information and fired off my report. The body of the report looks great, but the header doesn't look too good, since it appears to be using Geneva instead of Helvetica. Can some kind soul tell me how to switch which font HC 2.0 will use for report headers? I can't seem to find a way to do it... :-( (I'd prefer a way to select the font as opposed to loading up the 4x fonts for Geneva et al. I know I can use 4x bitmap fonts to improve the print quality; I'm just being stubborn about making my System file even bigger than it already is!) Thanks in advance! Greg Smith +----------------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Gregory J. Smith | Internet: smith@bucknell.edu | | Systems Analyst/Postmaster | smith@coral.bucknell.edu | | Computer Services | BITNET: smith@bucknell.bitnet | | Bucknell University | smith@bknlvms.bitnet | | Lewisburg, PA 17837 | AT&Tnet: (717) 524-1801 | | | CompuServe: 71131,3660 | +----------------------------+--------------------------------------+
smith@coral.bucknell.edu (Greg Smith) (04/03/91)
In article <1991Apr2.171215.5087@world.std.com>, ralph@world.std.com (Ralph Lombreglia) writes: > >>Changing font in Report header > > I think the stack gods here have already agreed that this cannot be > done in HyperCard 2. However, if you check "Font Subsitution" in the > Page Setup dialog, you should at least get Helvetica for the Geneva. > (I haven't used TrueType, but this has certainly worked with Adobe > fonts.) Yeah, that works well for the LaserWriter driver. Unfortunately, the StyleWriter driver has no such capability. Sigh. Looks like I'm going to have to bite the bullet and dig out a mega-Geneva font from somewhere, unless someone can tell me where to find a TrueType version of Geneva for no money. Greg Smith +----------------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Gregory J. Smith | Internet: smith@bucknell.edu | | Systems Analyst/Postmaster | smith@coral.bucknell.edu | | Computer Services | BITNET: smith@bucknell.bitnet | | Bucknell University | smith@bknlvms.bitnet | | Lewisburg, PA 17837 | AT&Tnet: (717) 524-1801 | | | CompuServe: 71131,3660 | +----------------------------+--------------------------------------+
ralph@world.std.com (Ralph Lombreglia) (04/03/91)
>Changing font in Report header
I think the stack gods here have already agreed that this cannot be
done in HyperCard 2. However, if you check "Font Subsitution" in the
Page Setup dialog, you should at least get Helvetica for the Geneva.
(I haven't used TrueType, but this has certainly worked with Adobe
fonts.)
Ralph Lombreglia
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ralph@world.std.comgandalf@apple.com (Martin Gannholm) (04/03/91)
In article <1991Apr1.222554.3108@coral.bucknell.edu> smith@coral.bucknell.edu (Greg Smith) writes: > I have HyperCard 2.0 (just the version that comes with our new Macs) on System > 6.0.7. I'll be printing reports to a StyleWriter with TrueType, so I picked > the TrueType fonts for all the fields in my report. Now that I'm ready to > print, I typed in some header information and fired off my report. The body of > the report looks great, but the header doesn't look too good, since it appears > to be using Geneva instead of Helvetica. Can some kind soul tell me how to > switch which font HC 2.0 will use for report headers? I can't seem to find a > way to do it... :-( (I'd prefer a way to select the font as opposed to > loading up the 4x fonts for Geneva et al. I know I can use 4x bitmap fonts to > improve the print quality; I'm just being stubborn about making my System file > even bigger than it already is!) Unfortunately there is no way in HyperCard 2.0 or 2.0v2 to change the report header font, size or style. Martin Gannholm Apple Computer Exclaimer!!! I never said it...Nobody heard me say it...You can't prove anything!
ralph@world.std.com (Ralph Lombreglia) (04/03/91)
>Yeah, that works well for the LaserWriter driver. Unfortunately, the >StyleWriter driver has no such capability. No kidding. Well, I'm surprised. I use a DeskWriter, and its driver supports Font Substitution, so I never expected that StyleWriter wouldn't. That seems like a major oversight on Apple's part, especially given that SW is supposed to be DW's competition. Sorry it didn't help. Ralph Lombreglia ---------------- ralph@world.std.com
smith@coral.bucknell.edu (Greg Smith) (04/03/91)
In article <12880@goofy.Apple.COM>, gandalf@apple.com (Martin Gannholm) writes: > Unfortunately there is no way in HyperCard 2.0 or 2.0v2 to change the > report header font, size or style. Rats. I was afraid that was the answer. Will it be possible in 2.1? Will I be able to do font substitution when version 1.1 of the StyleWriter driver comes out? When will StyleWriter 1.1 come out? Even using a 4x Geneva font doesn't look all that good on my StyleWriter. I have to admit that this is a very disappointing situation. Apple advertised Laser Quality output with the StyleWriter, but Apple only gave me four TrueType fonts and now an Apple (Claris) product is thwarting my attempts to print my report. (I imagine that the other non-PostScript printers suffer from this same problem when dealing with HC reports.) Would it be possible for Apple to make a TrueType Geneva available for anonymous FTP and on AppleLink? At least a TrueType Geneva would solve the problem of applications specifying Geneva (a standard Mac font for text) and not providing a way to switch (I'm sure HC 2.0 isn't the only culprit; it's just the one annoying me at the moment). Aside from being locked into Geneva for this header, I'm absolutely thrilled with my StyleWriter; the low speed doesn't bother me and the output quality is fantastic! Greg Smith +----------------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Gregory J. Smith | Internet: smith@bucknell.edu | | Systems Analyst/Postmaster | smith@coral.bucknell.edu | | Computer Services | BITNET: smith@bucknell.bitnet | | Bucknell University | smith@bknlvms.bitnet | | Lewisburg, PA 17837 | AT&Tnet: (717) 524-1801 | | | CompuServe: 71131,3660 | +----------------------------+--------------------------------------+