INFO: PostScript Fonts Have Two Font Names

ID: Q77215

3.00 3.10 WINDOWS kbprg

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Device Driver Kit (DDK) for Windows NT, version 3.1

SUMMARY

A PostScript font has two font names:

The Windows name for the font, such as "AvantGarde," which appears in the font list in the Fonts dialog box in Control Panel.

The PostScript name for the font, such as "itc avant garde gothic," which can vary by printer manufacturer and which the printer driver sends to the printer to select the font.

If the font is a downloadable soft font defined in the printer font metrics (PFM) file format, the Windows name and the PostScript name for a font can be determined. The PFM file header has a field (dfFace) that points to the Windows font name and a field (dfDriverInfo) that points to the driver-specific PostScript font name.

If the font is an internal printer font defined for a specific printer, it is necessary to enumerate fonts in a given printer driver to find the Windows font name. There is no device-independent way to retrieve the PostScript font name for an internally defined printer font.

REFERENCE

For more information concerning the PostScript PFM file format, refer to Chapter 4 of the "Microsoft Windows Device Development Kit Printers and Fonts Kit."

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Keywords          : kbSDKWin16 
Version           : winnt:3.1
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: June 24, 1999