Appendix C

Using Fonts With the Printer

A font is a collection of letters, numbers, and symbols in a distinctive typographic design. Your Mac OS computer and LaserWriter 12/640 PS printer come with a variety of fonts that look great both on your monitor and on paper.

Fonts come in such a variety of formats that problems can sometimes arise. This appendix provides the information you need to avoid such problems and to solve them if they come up.

Kinds of fonts

The Mac OS computer works with three main kinds of fonts: bitmapped, PostScript, and TrueType fonts.

Apple provides two kinds of fonts with your Mac OS computer and the LaserWriter 12/640 PS printer, bitmapped and TrueType. However, your system can use PostScript fonts as well when it has the proper software installed.

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Apple 12/640PS manual Appendix C Using Fonts With the Printer, Kinds of fonts