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- From: danw@mitchell.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Dan White)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: PostScript font downloader
- Message-ID: <22602@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 12:58:29 GMT
- References: <9207291356.aa12517@generic.UUCP> <30JUL199202303383@utkvx4.utk.edu>
- Sender: root@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM
- Organization: Society for the Prevention of Paronomastic Defenestration
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- In article <30JUL199202303383@utkvx4.utk.edu>, jcooper@utkvx4.utk.edu (Jonathan Cooper) writes:
- |> In article <9207291356.aa12517@generic.UUCP>, taob@terranet.cts.com (Brian Tao) writes...
- |> >
- |> > If I have a Macintosh PostScript font file on an HFS disk, is there
- |> >any way to download the font to a LaserWriter IINT printer? The TrueType
- |> >disks in our user group's disk library are part of the Macintosh section
- |> >so they also contain the Adobe Type 1 font file along with the AFM file
- |> >and TrueType/bitmaps suitcase. The System 6.0 LaserWriter driver does not
- |> >seem to automatically download fonts to the printer.
- |>
- |> hmmm... there seems to be a rash of non apple 2 postings going on lately. i
- |> certainly hope nobody considers anything as _stupid_ as trying to moderate
- |> _this_ group. of course, it would also be nice if people would place articles
- |> in the appropriate news groups.
- |>
-
- (FLAME ON) It would be nice if folks payed attention to what was being asked for.
- The orininator of this thread is wanting a means for a GS (YES, THAT'S APPLE II) to
- load a non-resident font into a LaserWriter. We all know Mac's can do it.
- (FLAME OFF)
-
- I can cheq with my user group (Washington Apple Pi) and see if such exists.
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