cshum@volcano.Berkeley.EDU (Chung H. Shum) (11/05/90)
In case anyone (particularly Kent Dickey) is interested, here's what I did about the AppleWorks GS superscript/subscript problems (where it messes up your line spacing when you use sub or superscripts): I took a copy of Palatino.18 (I usually print in "Better Text" 12 point Palatino), renamed it "Palatino.Sub.24" and changed the font family number to $1990 (anything other than what Palatino already is will work). Also, I changed the font family name to "Palatino Sub" - Font Factory's "Rename Font..." function lets you do both of these. I then "raised the ceiling" on the font - that is, I made the maximum height 24 pixels. Using Beagle Bros. Font Editor, you can do this by dragging the dotted guide line and counting how many pixels you've got from the very bottom guide to the very top. Finally, I used the "four-arrow" tool in BB Font Edit to drag the guides up five pixels on each letter and each number... five pixels for Palatino 18 means that the lowest used pixel for any particular number bitmap will be moved down to the lowest possible position (that is, the lowest guide line). So then you have what used to be the "base" guide crossing through the bitmap. In other words, when it prints, it will be shifted lower than the rest of the line. So then what you do in AWGS is type your chem lab report (at least that's what I needed this for) regularly with Palatino 12 but WITHOUT using subscript or superscript commands. When you need them, you instead pick "Palatino Sub" at 12 point, and type your subscript. So now you see why the font was stretched to 24 point - it makes the font manager or whatever deal nicely with it at 1/2 the size. Then when you print it out in "Better Text," it will be very readable, and your line spacing will come out fine. The reason I used 18 point to begin with was that it was just about the right size. You have to watch out for any letters with descenders though, because if you're not careful you'll chop them off. Also, you can use basically the same technique to build yourself a "Palatino Super" font. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. If you're still confused, maybe I can send you a copy of the modified font files, if that's legally ok. cshum@ocf.berkeley.edu "My name is Wu-lung Chen, but my friends just call me Wu-lung Chen."