WD: Downloadable Font in Graphic Prints Incorrectly

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

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 with the color white. To apply this format, select the character and then from the Format menu, choose Character. In the Character box under Color, select white and click OK.

Keywords          : kbgraphic kbprint 
Version           : MACINTOSH:3.0,3.01,3.02,4.0,5.0,5.1,6.0
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 26, 1999