#Encoding fonts
First let me explain what I'm doing, then I'll ask my questions. What I'm doing
is creating a set of PostScript macros for Framework III to print to the
LaserWriter. My problem is in dealing with the extended character set. I want
the printout to be the same as what is on the screen. I'm doing this via
encoding my font. For international characters, this works fine. My specific
problem is with box and line drawing characters.
The fonts I'm printing in are Times-Roman, Courier, Bookman-Demi and Helvetica.
I'll consider any font in the LaserWriter's memory though. I've downloaded the
Mac AFM files for the above fonts. My quandry is, which of the characters, if
any, are the the comprable box and line drawing characters that I need to use?
A question on AFM files. I have the Veritype FontWizard DA on my Mac and I can
see that the ASCII equivalent of Trademark is 170 (decimal). Yet, looking at
the AFM file, I see 170 defined as quotedblleft. I see trademark as one of the
extra characters in the AFM file. Is the reason these two don't agree is becase
the font has been encodded, or is there something else I don't understand?
FYI, I'm posting this question in the Mac section because the way I print is
transfering the PostScript file to my Mac via a shared network drive and
printing via LaserStatus.