#Screen Fonts
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I gather from your previous reply that the difference between Apple's
LaserWriter screen fonts and Adobe's is that you include the italic, bold,
and bold-italic typestyles, while Apple does not.
Does this affect my final output? That is, do programs, such as Word or
PageMaker, depend on the screen fonts (or FOND or NFNT, whatever) for
spacing information, getting screwed-up if I do not have the true italic
typestyle installed?
As far as I know, the final output quality would not be affected. What
would be (possibly) is the spacing going from screen to printed page and
the look of the fonts on your screen. Either way, what prints out is going
to be the PostScript font built into your PostScript printer.
The Apple vs Adobe screen font question comes from printing at sites other
than your own. If you have composed your document using Apple LW font, and
print to a device that uses Adobe LW screen font, you will obtain
disasterous results. The main difference is kerning information is
contained in the Screen font, and each version is different. Second,
Choosing Bold in the apple menu when using apple LW font causes the
computer to scale the bold version; but in Adobe the bold version of that
typeface is selected i.e – B Times 9PT rather than bolding a Times 9 Pt
type. In some cases there will be little difference, in others major. Note
the problem Garamond users have when they print to a service bureau using
older version, and get type kerning problems. So specify what you are
using, and make sure the system you are printing from uses the same
typeface….or create a suitcase of your typefaces and take with you when
you go to another machine to print.