patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Deupree) (05/04/90)
In article <3515@optilink.UUCP> cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes: }I have Windows 2.1 and an Epson LQ-800 printer. For reasons I don't }understand, printing Helvetica font in different sizes gives me }incorrect font sizes. 24 pt. is smaller than 18 pt., and 36 pt. is }smaller than 24 pt. 48 pt. is larger than 36 pt., but smaller than }24 pt. Similar discrepancies appear in the Roman and Courier }fonts, even though they appear OK on the screen. I wrote a simple font app the other day and found out a lot about this stuff. It seems that Windows has a sort of arbitrary mapping system. If you specify a size font that the device you're displaying on doesn't support, it will choose what it thinks is the next best thing. Probably what's happening is the print driver you're using is giving strange results for that "next best thing" choice. Just my best guess. -- "Organized fandom is composed of a bunch of nitpickers with a thing for trivial pursuit." -Harlan Ellison Patrick Deupree -> patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us