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Subject:Re: Embarrassingly basic font question From:David Knopf <david -at- KNOPF -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 6 Nov 1997 13:53:11 -0800
Don't even THINK about getting TrueTrype replacements for your Adobe
PostScript fonts! <g> What you need is Adobe Type Manager (there are
separate versions for 95 and NT). Using ATM, you can install, view, and
print any PostScript font you need. Some fonts are included with ATM.
You can order all the others from Adobe. In fact, your copy of
FrameMaker, if you purchased it recently, includes the "Adobe Type on
Call" CD, which includes all of the current Adobe PostScript fonts.
Hope this helps ...
- David Knopf
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Laurie Morgan wrote:
>
> I too am a Mac person and have no problems with these fonts but the new
> writers who are using Frame on a PC (Windows NT) can't find these fonts
> either. They are not present in the main fonts folder but there is a
> Frame font folder that contains them but Frame can't seem to see it.
>
> One techie type suggested its because they are Adobe postscript fonts
> and Windows doesn't always handle them properly (or Adobe doesn't do
> Windows - I don't know which).
>
> He suggested getting True Type versions of the missing fonts (all the
> ones you mentioned plus Gill Sans Condensed) but so far I don't know
> where to buy them. I've called local computer stores but no luck.
>
> Anyone know if there's a way to fix this or buy replacement fonts??
>
> Laurie Morgan
> Senior Technical Writer
> Broadband Networks Inc.
