Why does a document written entirely in Times look different on different Macintosh computers?
Times, an extremely popular font, is manufactured and sold by more than one company. Such fonts usually have small differences, even though they have the same name. For example, the Times font manufactured by Adobe Systems Incorporated has different letterspacing than does the Times font from Apple Computer, Inc.
What is font substitution?
Font Substitution, which isn’t available for your Color StyleWriter 4500 printer, is an option in the Page Setup dialog box for certain PostScript printers. When font substitution is turned on, these printers will use their
What’s a downloadable font?
A downloadable font is a TrueType or PostScript font sent to some kinds of printers, such as most PostScript Laser printers, by your system software. The printer then uses the font to print your document.
If a printer has sufficient memory, it can hold more than one downloaded font; otherwise, it must request the fonts it needs as necessary. This can be a
Some printers have hard disks attached to them for holding downloaded fonts. A printer can get the fonts from its hard disk more quickly than it can download them from the computer’s hard disk.
Your Color StyleWriter 4500 printer cannot receive downloaded fonts.
Instead, your computer composes the entire image and then sends it to your
Color StyleWriter 4500 for printing.
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