Re: Font problems

Don Ferguson wrote on 19.03.2008
about <[PageStreamSupport] Re: Font problems&gt; the following:

> File -> System Preferences -> Fonts
&gt;
> I have under "Installed Font Drawers&quot;:
>
> DH0_OS40Final:Fonts
> Fonts/Intellifonts
>...

do not use the sys:fonts (or better fonts drawer but the drawer where the
actual font files are installed!

fonts: only holds the .otag and .font descriptors needed by the system.
pagestream uses its own font engines and you should point it to the real
font files.

these are:
fonts:_TrueTeype/ (must be there)
fonts:_PostScript_Type1 (may be there)
fonts:_GhostScript (should be there)

byebye...
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Greetings "Michael Merkel&quot; < Michael.Merkel%40gmx.net">Michael.Merkelgmx.net&gt;
On 21/03/2008 at 10:00 you wrote concerning
[PageStreamSupport] Re: Font problems

Hi Michael,

MM>&gt; File -> System Preferences -> Fonts
MM>>
MM>&gt; I have under "Installed Font Drawers&quot;:
MM&gt;>
MM>&gt; DH0_OS40Final:Fonts
MM>>; Fonts/Intellifonts
MM>> ...

MM> do not use the sys:fonts (or better fonts drawer but the drawer where the
MM&gt; actual font files are installed!

Well I've eliminated 'Fonts:' from "Installed Font Drawers&quot; list and things seem
to be behaving well. But thanks for confirming its inclusion was a mistake.

MM> fonts: only holds the .otag and .font descriptors needed by the system.
MM> pagestream uses its own font engines and you should point it to the real
MM&gt; font files.

MM> these are:
MM&gt; fonts:_TrueTeype/ (must be there)

Yes, but only PageStream5 needs that font family! Right? After you pointed out
that PageStream5 required TrueType fonts, I recall vaguely including
'Fonts:_TrueType' as the only font family in the list "Installed Font Drawers&quot;
but .....

I tried including the family 'Fonts:_TrueType' in the list under "Installed Font
Drawers" and immediately PageStream4 recongized all the relevant Bitstream and
DejaVu fonts and listed them in its "Set Font" window. With "show sample&quot;
turned on, the Bitstream fonts displayed nicely -- every one of them -- but
when I tried to change text set with Times-Normal to one of the Bitstream
fonts, the GR made a quick appearance.

So that shows the falsity of my earlier claim that if a font shows up nicely
when "Show sample&quot; is on, then it is okay to use it. 8-(

As to the DejaVu fonts, the very first one brought the GR when "Show Sample&quot; was
active. I concluded that I could not TrueType fonts with PageStream4 until
Wurzel wrote in to prove me wrong.

MM> fonts:_PostScript_Type1 (may be there)

Not here!

MM> fonts:_GhostScript (should be there)

Yes, that exists. I assume this collection is needed when one is saving as PDF
or Postscript.

I eventually got PageStream4 to use various TTF fonts but that story is told in
my response to Wurzel.

Cheers Don (Green Dragon)
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