ISSLTC@NUSVM.BITNET (06/18/91)
OK, I try it, it works. But the result is a little strange.
Times and Helvetica fonts work. Zapf Chancery does not work and being
replaced by Courier.
Last night I designed a test document from scratch to test the AWGS
page layout. It has 2 page text, 2 bit-mapped picture and a big rectangle
for the title. When the paper rolls out of the LaserWriter II, I
discovered that...
1. Some text does not justified properly on my full justification text.
2. One of my bit-mapped picture overlapped with the rectangle, which is
drawn in the page layout module -- while on the screen they are
very separated.
3. Some text is being trancated on both left and right margin.
What's wrong? I choose A4 and Condensed on my page setup, and the print
out is fantastic if not of the above effects. Anybody please help...
Have a nice day.
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***********************************************************************kimbrennan@gnh-starport.cts.com (Kim Brennan) (06/27/91)
In reply to Lim Thye Chean: > Times and Helvetica fonts work. Zapf Chancery does not work and being > replaced by Courier. Boy I went over this (the discovery process) quite a bit last year, but as these things happen new people are always coming in late (which is very good, IMHO). Anyway, the Apple Laserwriter printer driver works fine...if and only if you are connected directly up to a Postscript printer via Appletalk. From your comments I can see that you are printing to disk (probably) or talking to a Postscript printer through some other mechanism than Appletalk. When Printing to disk, the Apple Laserwriter driver fails to properly translate GS Screen fonts into the proper naming conventions for Postscript. When this happens the Postscript intrepreter can't find that font and substitutes Courier (ugh) for the 'missing' font. You can 'correct' this problem fairly simply. All you have to have is a text editor (I use the WriteIt! NDA) and the knowledge of what the proper naming conventions are for Postscript. When you print to disk you will get a file called PostscriptGSxx put into your */System/Drivers directory. This file is the file that you send to the postscript printer. Before you send it, however, edit it (or a copy) so that things will work properly. If you use any of the following fonts, you will want to edit your text file so that the Postscript intrepreter will work correctly: AvantGarde, Bookman, N.Hel.Narrow, N.CenturySchlbk (Plain), Palatino (plain), ZapfChancery NOTE: You CAN use CenturySchlbk & Palatino in Italic, Bold or BoldItalic without having to fix the text file Use a search function in your text editor to look for the font that doens't work. When you see something that looks like this: /|______AvantGarde/AvantGarde-Demi T rf /|______AvantGarde ci gf You will have found the proper place to start editing. Note the above example IS correct for plain AvantGarde...the printed to disk file does not normally include the -Demi portion WHICH IS MANDATORY for the Postscript to find your font. (Case is important too, btw). -=> message from kimbrennan@gnh-starport.cts.com <=-
kimbrennan@gnh-starport.cts.com (Kim Brennan) (06/27/91)
In reply to Lim Thye Chean (Part 2):
>
AWGS spaces text incorrectly when bold faced as far as Postscript is
concerned. Other than that I really don't know of any specific problems with
Postscript fonts in AWGS.
BTW, I'm looking for the correct naming conventions of the Postscript fonts
that the Apple Laserwriter driver screws up. Here are the screen fonts and the
proper Postscript equivalent
N.Hel.Nar Helvetica-Narrow
AvantGarde (plain) AvantGarde-Book
AvantGarde (bold) AvantGarde-Demi
AvantGarde (italic) AvantGarde-BookOblique
AvantGarde (boldItalic) AvantGarde-DemiOblique
ZapfChancery ZapfChancery-MediumItalic
Bookman (plain) Bookman-Light
Bookman (bold) Bookman-Demi
Bookman (italic) Bookman-LightItalic
Bookman (bolditalic) Bookman-DemiItalic
Palatino (plain) Palatino-Roman
N.CenturySchlbk (plain) NewCenturySchoolbook-Roman
N.Hel.Nar (Italic) Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique
N.Hel.Nar (bold Italic) Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique
N.Hel.Nar (bold) Helvetica-Narrow-Bold
Hopefully you'll be better able to make use of Postscript with your GS now.
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