[comp.sys.mac.system] TrueType + Word + IW II = ???

majamu@uta.fi (Jari Multisilta) (03/24/91)

I have tried TrueType fonts with Word 4.0 and ImageWriter II but
when printed the spaces between words dont print correctly 
(thelineslooklikethis).

This happens both in Times and Helvetica fonts. Have you had
similar problems?

Jari Multisilta
The Univ. of Tampere, Finland
e-mail:majamu@kielo.uta.fi

dawg6844@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (<blank>) (03/25/91)

majamu@uta.fi (Jari Multisilta) writes:

>I have tried TrueType fonts with Word 4.0 and ImageWriter II but
>when printed the spaces between words dont print correctly 
>(thelineslooklikethis).

>This happens both in Times and Helvetica fonts. Have you had
>similar problems?

>Jari Multisilta
>The Univ. of Tampere, Finland
>e-mail:majamu@kielo.uta.fi


Make sure, as it says specifically in the TT docs, to have 'Fractional Widths'
checked in Word.

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Charles.E.Dubuque@dartmouth.edu (Charles E. Dubuque) (04/01/91)

You'll also probably want to use the newer ImageWriter driver (v. 6.1)
that comes on Macintosh Printing Tools disk (available as part of
StyleWriter or Laserwriter LS sets or from apple.apple.com
dts/sw-licence) to insure the best compatability with TrueType fonts.

Chuck
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jimb@silvlis.com (Jim Budler) (04/01/91)

In article <1991Apr1.013728.11329@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Charles.E.Dubuque@dartmouth.edu (Charles E. Dubuque) writes:
>You'll also probably want to use the newer ImageWriter driver (v. 6.1)
>that comes on Macintosh Printing Tools disk (available as part of
>StyleWriter or Laserwriter LS sets or from apple.apple.com
>dts/sw-licence) to insure the best compatability with TrueType fonts.

For what its worth, the Truetype disks contents are available on GEnie.

Two SIT files containing:

Disk 1:
Truetype Fonts & Software
	Installation instructions
	Teachtext
	Truetype INIT
	Truetype Fonts
	Font/DA Mover version 4.1

Disk 2:
Truetype Printing Tools
	Imagewriter driver
	Appletalk Imagewriter driver
	LQ Imagewriter driver
	Appletalk LQ Imagewriter driver
	Laserwriter Software:
		Laserwriter
		Personal Laserwiter SC
		Printmonitor
		Backgrounder
	Utilities:
		Laser Prep
		About Laser Prep
		Laserwriter Font Utility

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long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) (04/02/91)

In article <1991Mar24.235221.10066@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, dawg6844@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (<blank>) writes...
>majamu@uta.fi (Jari Multisilta) writes:

>>I have tried TrueType fonts with Word 4.0 and ImageWriter II but
>>when printed the spaces between words dont print correctly 
>>(thelineslooklikethis).

 Me too!

>Make sure, as it says specifically in the TT docs, to have 'Fractional Widths'
>checked in Word.

 I did. It didn't help. I was using the new driver, too. 

 I had the common bitmap sizes of Helvetica installed. I tried printing a
 document in Helvetica 12 (w/ and w/o Fractional Widths) and in Helvetica 13
 (w/ and w/o Fractional Widths). In all cases, the word spacing was incorrect,
 although the incorrectness was not identical in all cases. Primarily, styled
 text was affected, though it was not limited to styled text.

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