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Font Substitutions With HP Type Director Font
DocumentID: 645950
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:19:10 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: The user does not like the way WordPerfect is choosing font substitutions. She has the HP LaserJet Series II defined with AD fonts and the built-in fonts. She has defined the printer using Hewlett-Packard's Type Director fonts, Universe, and CG Times fonts. She has removed the AD fonts from the driver. With this printer selected she retrieves her previously-created file. WordPerfect substitutes Universe 12 bold for the Helvetica 12 bold, but it substitutes Type Director's CG Times 10pt for the Helvetica 10pt. She has indicated that the Universe 10pt is available and says that WP should select the Universe font instead of the CG Times font. When she manually deletes the font and re-selects the correct one it prints fine. Solutions: The problem is with the typeface information Type Director is installing into the WordPerfect .ALL file. For example, WP's Helvetica typeface has the description of having uniform stress. TD is installing the typeface descriptor for Universe to have no stress. WP's typeface descriptor for Roman is Transitional and Ball. TD is installing Old Style and Round for its CG Times typeface descriptor. After making the change to the CG Times and Universe typefaces like WP has them defined in the typeface file, her documents converted correctly. HP is aware of the problem.

Users can work around the problem by using the old .PRS file for existing documents, or by manually reselecting the correct fonts.

*This information is given strictly as a troubleshooting option.

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