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How WordPerfect Decides On Font Substitutions |
The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
Problem
Symptoms: If you create a document with a Letter Gothic 12cpi font from the HP Great Start Cartridge then deselect that cartridge and select the HP Procollection Cartridge, how does WordPerfect know which font to replace the Great Start Letter Gothic 12cpi with? Solutions: The process by which a font is selected when a font that was used to create the document is no longer available is the undocumented "Best-Fit" routine. In essence WP looks at size and spacing, character set completeness tables, average PS widths, typeface, etc. In the case of (GS) Letter Gothic 12cpi and the (PRO) Letter Gothic 12cpi, the (PRO) has only ASCII characters while the (GS) has numerous character sets. Upon not finding a better match the "Best-Fit" routine just picks something close based upon certain criteria. In this case it picked the Line Draw (Full LG), probably because of the size and spacing information and the typeface. This font has now been marked as "Use Font Only For Automatic Font Changes" so that the (PRO) LG 12cpi font is now picked when this situation occurs. |
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