WD: Word: Downloadable Font in Graphic Prints Incorrectly

Last reviewed: November 17, 1997
Article ID: Q64014
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh versions 3.0, 3.01, 3.02, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0
- Microsoft PowerPoint for the Macintosh, versions 2.x, 3.x, and 4.0

SYMPTOMS

If you are printing to a PostScript printer, and if you are using an Adobe downloadable font or a TrueType Font in a graphic, the font may be printed incorrectly: it may be printed as a bitmap or as a different font.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because the font will not be downloaded to the printer if it is enclosed in a graphic. Word must encounter the font before it gets to the graphic in order to properly download it to the printer. As a result, the font is printed as a bitmap, or, if Font Substitution is selected, the font is replaced by another font when you print your document.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, type some text before the graphic that is being printed with the incorrect font.

Since adding text before this graphic may be undesirable in terms of the layout and look of the printed piece, you can minimize this problem by following one or more of these suggestions:

  • You can type one character from the font.
  • You can place that character in the header.
  • You can format the character as hidden text and/or with the color white. To apply these formats, select the character and then from the Format menu, choose Character. In the Character box, select the desired formats and click OK.


Additional query words: macword macword5 word6 postscript freehand
incapsulated eps fonts illustrator powerpt
Keywords : kbgraphic kbprint
Version : MACINTOSH:3.0,3.01,3.02,4.0,5.0,5.10,6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbprb


THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.

Last reviewed: November 17, 1997
© 1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use.