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Re: Let's get System 7.x on top!



On 22 Apr 1996, Clifford T. Matthews wrote:

>     Hyung-song Nam> Well, that's useless if the .PS file generated by
>     Hyung-song Nam> executor is incorrect.  Try printing any font
>     Hyung-song Nam> above 20pt in MS Word 5.1a. Only the first letter
>     Hyung-song Nam> shows up. I don't know if it works for you, but it
>     Hyung-song Nam> doesn't for me.
> 
> That's a bug we should be able to fix before Executor 2 is released.

Cool! 

> We have fixed a few of the easier to fix printing problems already (we
> no longer put spaces in our translated font names so it is possible to
> map them) and we'll try to fix a few more easily fixed things like the
> problem with fonts > 20pt you mention above, but other printing fixes
> will require better interaction with the native printing capabilities
> presented by different OSes which means that it makes more sense for
> us to improve the printing subsystem after we've cleaned up our code
> to better isolate OS dependent things.

I see. I did find a way to remap fonts in ghostscripts with spaces in the 
font name, but it would definitely be better without the spaces in the 
name. Instead of '/' before the font name, use '(' and ')' around the 
font name. 

Apologies for somewhat long quoting...

                                          -Hyung-song Nam
                                           hn16@cornell.edu



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