Re: [WinMac] Word fonts and format for Win/Mac users
Darron Spohn(dspohn[at]clicknet.com)
Wed, 23 Jun 1999 07:14:30 -0700
The solution:
No. 1) Don't use Microsoft fonts
No. 2) Use only Adobe Type 1 Postscript fonts
No 3) Corollary to Rule #2: Never, ever, use TrueType fonts.
I manage a technical publications department, using a Macintosh in a Windows
environment. We do not have problems with fonts.
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Darron Spohn
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>From: "Early, Dwight H" <Dwight.Early@ascfb.wpafb.af.mil>
>To: 'The Windows-MacOS cooperation list' <winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu>
>Subject: RE: [WinMac] Word fonts and format for Win/Mac users
>Date: Wed, Jun 23, 1999, 7:06 AM
>
> Hmmm, I too have this cross platform problem, and, from reading Len's reply
> below, I don't think the problem is well understood. So, let me try it.
> (I'm just a smart user, not a DTP or guru.)
>
> You need to have the same fonts, by the same creator of the fonts, on both
> platforms.
>
> The Microsoft fonts for the PeeCees & Mac differ 'cause of the screen
> resolutions...I think. (I remember reading this several years ago. But, I
> also suffer from middle age memory loss so I can't remember where I read
> this.) I've even tried MS's TT fonts, which are downloadable from their web
> site, to no avail. Anywho, the fonts come from the same place, but are
> slightly different. Just different enough so page breaks don't occur in the
> same place, graphics and tables out of place, etc. And, if I remember
> right, there's no solution to the problem. So, we're stuck. Drat!
>
> That being said, if anybody has a sol'n for New Times Roman or any of the
> more popular fonts, Let's here about it. Caution, speculation doesn't cut
> for much. Please be sure you've confirmed a proposed sol'n before you tell
> us all about it.
>
> --Dwight
>
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>> From: Leonard Rosenthol
>> Reply To: The Windows-MacOS cooperation list
>> Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 12:28 PM
>> To: The Windows-MacOS cooperation list
>> Subject: Re: [WinMac] Word fonts and format for Win/Mac users
>>
>> At 11:02 AM -0500 6/21/99, Colin Lamb wrote:
>> >We seem to have a problem with transfering MS Word files from Macs
>> >to PCs and back. The documents open up, but the fonts and stuff are
>> >screwed up. Is there a universal font that both win and mac users
>> >can use that will stop this?
>> >
>> Just make sure you are using the same font on both sides!
>> TrueType fonts are the standard for both MacOS and Windows, so that's
>> usually going to be your best bet. However, if have Adobe Type
>> Manager on both, then go with Type 1.
>>
>>
>> Leonard
>
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