jyp@wucs1.wustl.edu (Jerome Yvon Plun) (03/28/91)
We need to be able to mix characters from Times and Symbol without switching back and forth between the fonts. So, we have defined a new font which uses elements of the Times and Symbol fonts; switching is handled by a method similar to that used by "Fontographer". The font definition is fine, and works when we send raw PostScript to the printer. We have also defined a Mac screen font with the same character mappings; this also works fine and we can use it in applications (Microsoft Word, Think C, MPW, ...). Our problem occurs when we try to send the text to the printer. The printer driver does not seem to load the PostScript font definition. We looked at other such fonts generated by Fontographer and we put a similar header (Title, CreationDate, Creator, Pages..). We also set the type to 'LWFN' and creator to 'LWRT', and put the file in the System Folder but we can't get it to be recognized by the LaserWriter driver and used to print our font. What are we doing wrong? Thanks. Jerome Jerome Plun jyp@wucs1.wustl.edu // Tell me why is it so hard to say Dept of Computer Science // Brother don't you walk away Washington University // St. Louis, Mo // Hooters "Zig Zag"
kaufman@neon.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman) (03/29/91)
In article <1991Mar27.225805.9091@cec1.wustl.edu> jyp@wucs1.wustl.edu (Jerome Yvon Plun) writes: >We have also defined a Mac screen font with the same character mappings; >this also works fine and we can use it in applications (Microsoft Word, >Think C, MPW, ...). Our problem occurs when we try to send the text to >the printer. The printer driver does not seem to load the PostScript >font definition. You need a FOND for the font. Deep in the FOND is a set of tables that control the generation of the Postscript font file name from the style in use. The easiest thing to do, if the metrics are compatible with one of the original fonts, is to copy the FOND and edit the base name. Marc Kaufman (kaufman@Neon.stanford.edu)