Re: Font problems

Don Ferguson wrote on 24.03.2008
about <[PageStreamSupport] Re: Font problems&gt; the following:

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>> fonts: only holds the .otag and .font descriptors needed by the
>> system. pagestream uses its own font engines and you should point it
>&gt; to the real font files.
&gt;
>&gt; these are:
>;> fonts:_TrueTeype/ (must be there)
&gt;
> Yes, but only PageStream5 needs that font family! Right?

the current os4 beta supports ttf very well. others are not yet supported
afaik. at least not bery well. i'd stick to ttf nevertheless,

&gt; 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 .....
&gt;
> I tried including the family 'Fonts:_TrueType' in the list under
&gt; "Installed Font Drawers&quot; 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
&gt; appearance.

well. this definitely should work. i use it

> 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-(

well - the current versions are still beta. so reapers can occur. but in
general the os4 beta is quite stable.

> 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.
&gt;
>
>> fonts:_PostScript_Type1 (may be there)
&gt;
> Not here!

is only there if you install postscript fonts with type manager.

>>; fonts:_GhostScript (should be there)
&gt;
> Yes, that exists. I assume this collection is needed when one is saving
&gt; as PDF or Postscript.

nope. these are the fonts needed by ghostscript, which is installed with
os4.

byebye...
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