kpjone01@ulkyvx.bitnet (03/17/91)
Where can one find fonts for the deskjet? Also, if you can convert a font for a laserjet to deskjet, where do you find the laserjet fonts?? It would be very helpful if the software was FREE or Shareware or whatever. Kevin
martinka@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com (Joe Martinka) (03/26/91)
I use shareware softfonts for the Deskjet which works remarkably well with WordPerfect 5.1. I got it from a local bulletin board as the shareware version. I upgraded then to the supported version. It offers dozens of fonts as well as TSR download programs should you want them. Some of the fonts they offer with 6 to 30 pts including bold on most is: Optima Palatine, Park Ave, Rockford, Roman, Script, Square, University, Basker, Broadway, Century, Cursive, Flourish, Garamond, Helvetica and Old English. The vendor is: Elfring Soft Fonts PO Box 61 Wasco, IL 60183 708-377-3520 FAX 708-377-6402
preston@lll-crg.llnl.gov (David R Preston) (03/26/91)
In article <69280006@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com> martinka@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com (Joe Martinka) writes: >I use shareware softfonts for the Deskjet which works remarkably well with >WordPerfect 5.1. I got it from a local bulletin board as the shareware >version. I upgraded then to the supported version. It offers dozens of >fonts as well as TSR download programs should you want them. > >The vendor is: > Elfring Soft Fonts I've tried to use these with MS Word for Windows, but it insists that they are 0 point fonts. Is there a bit I could diddle with debug that would help Windows recognize them? I have tried downloading as the primary font and printing from the dos command line and that works fine.... -david drp%dosbears.uucp@ingres.com or drp%dosbears.uucp@pyramid.com D. R. Preston 584 Castro St. #614 SF CA 94114 USA
herrod@cs.utexas.edu (Stephen Alan Herrod) (03/27/91)
Help! I am getting bogged down with information on what to do for my deskjet plus. HP tells me to buy their Type Director, but fonts for that run about $99. Would Adobe Type Manager suit my needs? That is, would it allow me to print all of the fonts that are available for this product (lots and lots). What about SoftType? I would appreciate any help youcan offer. Ideally I would use ATM. Any news on this? Thanks, Steve Herrod
6600phnx@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Phoenix / Fig) (04/06/91)
Well, I have a DJ500 and I tried the HP driver and it works well, but .... you are right in saying that the fonts cost $99 each. My solution was to purchase ATM and Word for Windows. This cost me about $200 total and now I have all the fonts I want and any size I want, all of which print just fine on my DJ. The major problem with this is that with my old DJ (the original) the printing speed for the graphics fonts was too slow, and ATM and WfW are not very quick, so if you have a slow machine then you will have to wait for WfW to format the ATM generated fonts. Not to mention the brain dead way in which WfW undates the entire line every time you type a character (to be fixed in the new ATM). Summary, I used to use fonts cart and soft fonts, but I'm much happier with ATM and WfW. Moral, if you have fast resources then my solution works, I'll admit that on my old SX and DJ, Word 5.5 and soft fonts was the only way to go. PS: there are lots of PD fonts avalible for ATM, just as in the MAC world they take up a lot of disk space but they are free, I've got all of the 'HP' fonts already and didn't pay one red cent. ..Mike Figueroa.......................... _______________________ . 6600phnx@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Internet) . / // / . \-> %ucsbuxa@uunet.uu.net (Bitnet) . /---- // / __ ......................................... / // / / "Vila weighs 73 kilos . . ." / ------ ------