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But fonts such as Chicago, Geneva, Monaco, and New York do not come with
defined styles. If you open the Chicago font suitcase, you see only one file.
You can apply a style to a font like this by making a choice from the
appropriate menu (Fonts, Style, Format, or some similar menu, depending on
the application program). A font predesigned with a given style nearly always
looks better than a font with a computer-generated “derived” style.
About style names: Predesigned styled fonts sometimes have names you may
not be familiar with. For example, roman refers to a font without styling, or
plain. Oblique is similar to italic. Light, demi, and extra are different kinds
of bold.
Common questions about fonts
Here are some questions that often come up about fonts.
What kind of fonts should I buy?
Using a font that has both bitmapped and TrueType versions works best. The
bitmapped version looks great on the screen and the TrueType fonts print
beautifully on the Color StyleWriter 4500.
Avoid bitmapped fonts that don’t have TrueType versions because they print
with jagged edges on the Color StyleWriter 4500. By contrast, TrueType fonts
work well, even if you don’t have a bitmapped version.
If you have a PostScript printer or Adobe Type Manager, PostScript fonts
look great on paper. The Color StyleWriter 4500 is not a PostScript printer.
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