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Appendix B
Tr u e Ty pe 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
Tr u eTyp e 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.