cfw@res-c4.Prime.COM (Christopher Wroten) (03/15/91)
I'm interested in knowing whether a PostScript printer is worthwhile on a GS. I've been told that getting screen fonts to match printer fonts can be "interesting", but I require WYSIWYG. Also, that downloading fonts to the PostScript printer can also be a challenge. If I have to make the GS stand on its head to support a PostScript printer, then probably I don't want PostScript. What say you? -- Christopher F. Wroten Statements made here are my own and do not Prime Computer Inc., MS 10-24 necessarily reflect Prime's opinions. 500 Old Connecticut Path 508-620-2800 x4336 (7:30am-4pm EST) Framingham, Mass. 01701 CFW@RES-C4.PRIME.COM
bazyar@ernie (Jawaid Bazyar) (03/15/91)
In article <1991Mar14.162014@burn.Prime.COM> cfw@res-c4.Prime.COM (Christopher Wroten) writes: >I'm interested in knowing whether a PostScript printer is worthwhile on >a GS. I've been told that getting screen fonts to match printer fonts >can be "interesting", but I require WYSIWYG. Also, that downloading >fonts to the PostScript printer can also be a challenge. > >If I have to make the GS stand on its head to support a PostScript printer, >then probably I don't want PostScript. What say you? Ack. The Mac propagandists have been at it again. The Mac isn't really WSIWYG either- it also has to convert from QuickDraw to PostScript. Now, it may do it better and faster, but Postscript output from the GS isn't that hard. If you've got one hooked up, you've got it made. If you have to get the postscript to another machine, it's not that hard, but you need to be careful about fonts, etc. It's not hard to figure out what fonts the printer in question has built-in, and just use those. (Or to download the fonts). My guess is that "problems" people have with the GS/Postscript is just a lack of software (software like SendPS, font downloaders, etc). Personally, I'm waiting for TeX. -- Jawaid Bazyar |"I'm sure K&R have never heard of Mike." Senior/Computer Engineering | bazyar@cs.uiuc.edu |"That's okay. I'm sure Mike's never heard of K&R". Apple II Forever! | (discussion about Orca/C)
lhaider@pro-beagle.cts.com (Laer Haider) (03/17/91)
In-Reply-To: message from bazyar@ernie
Can someone post a list of what typeface names a PostScript expects to see
when processing a PostScript text file for printing? Also, is there a
source of screen fonts available for the 35 internal typefaces most
PostScript printers have?
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((` ((kimbrennan@gnh-starport.cts.com (Kim Brennan) (03/20/91)
The following is a list of the 'standard' 35 Postscript typeface names as expected by the Postscript interpreter on most Postscript compatable printers. Case is important as are the dashes between name and style. Times-Roman, Times-Bold, Times-Italic, Times-BoltItalic Helvetica, Helvetica-Bold, Helvetica-Oblique, Helvetica-BoldOblique Courier, Courier-Bold, Courier-Oblique, Courier-BoldOblique Symbol Palatino-Roman, Palatino-Italic, Palatino-Bold, Palatino-BoldItalic AvantGarde-Book, AvantGarde-Demi, AvantGarde-BookOblique, AvantGarde-DemiOblique Helvetica-Narrow, Helvetica-Narrow-Bold, Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique, Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique Bookman-Light, Bookman-Demi, Bookman-LightItalic, Bookman-DemiItalic NewCenturySchoolbook-Roman, NewCenturySchoolbook-Bold, NewCenturySchoolbook-Italic, NewCenturySchoolbook-BoldItalic ZapfChancery-MediumItalic ZapfDingbats The corresponding GS screen fonts (as intrepreted by the Laserwriter driver IF and ONLY if one is printing over Appletalk) are: Times, Helvetica, Courier, Symbol, Palatino, Avantgarde, NHelveticaNarrow, Bookman, NCenturySchlbk, ZapfChancery, ZapfDingbats