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ITC Zapf Dingbat Characters Spaced Too Wide
DocumentID: 612210
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:35:26 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: When the user selects the ITC Zapf Dingbat font and types characters in a document, WP spaces the characters incorrectly. The spacing of the characters is too wide. Solutions: When the customer selects a font and types some characters, if WP must use a substitute font for any of the characters, the characters will be spaced with the spacing information for the original font. If the customer selects ITC Zapf Dingbat as a font while using the Dingbat font and the customer types alphabetic characters, the characters will print in another font.
      NOTE: The Zapf font really should not be selected as a font. The font only contains graphical characters and can be accessed using substitute fonts with any other font. The customer should use Compose (Ctrl-V) to access the Zapf Dingbat characters.

If the customer uses a different font to print the characters, the spacing will also be different. WP will use the average proportional space (PS) width of all the Zapf Dingbat characters to space the characters for the new font that the user selects. Because the Dingbat characters are normally wider than other alphabetical characters, the average width will be wider than normally-spaced characters. The overall spacing of the substitute font will be wider than normal.

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