Re: Unexpected spaces with subscript chrs in postscript output

Received from Don Ferguson on 18/09/2007

Hi again Don.
Well, it appears you are quite the chatterbox today

>> Turns out that in the font prefs list, I had included the drawer
>> Fonts:_bullet_oulines for some unknown reason.
>
> As far as I know that directory 'Sys:Fonts/_bullet_outlines' is
> crucial in the operation of PageStream!?!?!?!?

I don't think so. I recall manually adding that path for some
reason I've since forgotten. Completely my own fault.
Forget what PageStream's default font paths are, but probably just
the drawers in Pagestream:Fonts/
That's what I have it set to at the moment and it's working fine.

>> To cut a long story short, I removed that and now I see only one
>> font in the font list, as expected, and the intermittent
>> spacing problem seems to be cured!
>
> I'm astounded that such removal solved your problem!!!

Me too, that's the last thing I expected.
I'll admit to be fairly ignorant as far as fonts go. There's so many
types (i.e. vector, truetype, etc) and it's far too confusing what's
supposed to work with what. I just want to type stuff and make it
come out on the printer!


You mentioned in your other post that Deron might need some additional
people for betatesting for version 5 for AmigaOS 3.x.
Do you know any more about this? I'd be happy to help out if required.

Cheers,
Anthony.

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On Tuesday 18 September 2007, Anthony Hoffman wrote:
> Received from Don Ferguson on 18/09/2007
>
> Hi again Don.
>; Well, it appears you are quite the chatterbox today
>
> >> Turns out that in the font prefs list, I had included the drawer
> >> Fonts:_bullet_oulines for some unknown reason.
> >
>; > As far as I know that directory 'Sys:Fonts/_bullet_outlines' is
> > crucial in the operation of PageStream!?!?!?!?
>
>; I don't think so. I recall manually adding that path for some
>; reason I've since forgotten. Completely my own fault.
> Forget what PageStream's default font paths are, but probably just
>; the drawers in Pagestream:Fonts/
> That's what I have it set to at the moment and it's working fine.
>
> >> To cut a long story short, I removed that and now I see only one
> >> font in the font list, as expected, and the intermittent
> >> spacing problem seems to be cured!
> >
>; > I'm astounded that such removal solved your problem!!!
>
> Me too, that's the last thing I expected.
> I'll admit to be fairly ignorant as far as fonts go. There's so many
>; types (i.e. vector, truetype, etc) and it's far too confusing what's
> supposed to work with what. I just want to type stuff and make it
> come out on the printer!
>
>
> You mentioned in your other post that Deron might need some additional
> people for betatesting for version 5 for AmigaOS 3.x.
>; Do you know any more about this? I'd be happy to help out if required.

Beta testing consists of downloading the latest beta, using/testing it and
submitting bug reports. If the 5.0 series is included in your downloads then
you can participate. Note, the *absolute* *latest* is 5.0.4.3 and as far as I
know it is only available for Windows and Linux at this time with Deron still
working on getting the fixes in it to all platforms (my understanding is that
the core code is the same for all but even in such a case the platform
specific may need tweaks/fixes to work with changes to the core code).

Tim Doty

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Greetings "Anthony Hoffman&quot; < ahoffman%40clear.net.nz">ahoffmanclear.net.nz>
On 18/09/2007 at 09:46 you wrote concerning
[PageStreamSupport] Re: Unexpected spaces with subscript chrs in postscript
output

Hello Anthony,

AH> Hi again Don.
AH&gt; Well, it appears you are quite the chatterbox today

Normally, I like to 'imagine' self as the strong silent type!?!?!?

<<snip>;>
AH&gt;> As far as I know that directory 'Sys:Fonts/_bullet_outlines' is
AH>;> crucial in the operation of PageStream!?!?!?!?

AH> I don't think so. I recall manually adding that path for some
AH> reason I've since forgotten. Completely my own fault.
AH> Forget what PageStream's default font paths are, but probably just
AH> the drawers in Pagestream:Fonts/
AH> That's what I have it set to at the moment and it's working fine.

Not at all surprised that I'm wrong about the '_bullet_outlines' guys, but I
have this vague recollection about having to do something with
'_bullet_outlines' in order to get something to work. Main thing is "it's
working fine.";

<<snip>;>
AH&gt;> I'm astounded that such removal solved your problem!!!

AH&gt; Me too, that's the last thing I expected.
AH> I'll admit to be fairly ignorant as far as fonts go. There's so many
AH> types (i.e. vector, truetype, etc) and it's far too confusing what's
AH> supposed to work with what. I just want to type stuff and make it
AH> come out on the printer!

That's what counts! What comes out of yon printer.

AH> You mentioned in your other post that Deron might need some additional
AH> people for betatesting for version 5 for AmigaOS 3.x.
AH&gt; Do you know any more about this? I'd be happy to help out if required.

No I don't know much about it, but there is a "beta testers&quot; mailing list. In
fact, I think I'm on it, but just for listening purposes. Best place is to nose
around at Deron's website and see what you can find. I'd guess he would be
interested in whatever help he can get.

Cheers Don (Green Dragon)
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