Apple 6500 manual How the computer looks for fonts, Where fonts are stored

TrueType and PostScript fonts

PostScript fonts were designed as fonts for PostScript printers. The Color StyleWriter 6500 wasn’t designed to use PostScript. However, if you have Adobe Type Manager software installed, your computer can both display and print PostScript fonts.

Use different names: To avoid confusing the printer software, be sure that you don’t install both TrueType and PostScript versions of the same font. For example, do not have a PostScript font file called Times and a TrueType font file called Times installed in your system at the same time.

How the computer looks for fonts

Here’s the search order your computer uses to determine which font to display on your screen when you choose a specific size:

1.an installed bitmapped font in that size, if one exists

2.a scaled TrueType font, if no bitmapped font exists

3.an Adobe Type Manager (ATM) version of a PostScript font, if ATM is installed and if no TrueType version exists

4.a scaled bitmap if no ATM font exists

Here’s the search order it uses to determine which font to print on your

Color StyleWriter 6500 printer:

1.a scaled TrueType font, if one exists

2.an ATM version of a PostScript font, if ATM is installed and if no TrueType version exists

3.a scaled 72-dpi bitmap if no ATM font exists

Where fonts are stored

All fonts for your Color StyleWriter 6500 printer reside in special places within the System Folder. To install fonts, you drag them to the System Folder. Your Mac OS computer will automatically put them where they belong—in the Fonts folder within the System Folder.

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