FIX: Wingdings/Webdings/FoxPrint Not Printing from Windows 98 (193940)

SYMPTOMS

When you use a non-Postscript printer driver in Windows 98, the Wingdings, Webdings, and FoxPrint fonts do not print correctly. However, you may see the fonts print correctly using the HP Laserjet 4000 driver. Other Postscript printer drivers may also print the fonts correctly.

RESOLUTION

These fonts will print if the printer driver option to Print True Types as Graphic is chosen in the printer's options.

NOTE: Printing True Types as Graphic may cause other printing issues, so make sure that you test this before implementing it.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

MORE INFORMATION

The following code creates an array that holds all of the installed fonts. The name of the font and an example of how the font looks prints on the printer and displays on the Visual FoxPro desktop. This program runs under any version of FoxPro.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Run the following code:

      CLEAR
      AFONT(aFonts)
      SET PRINTER ON
      SET DEVICE TO PRINTER

      FOR i = 1 TO ALEN(aFonts)
          ?aFonts(i)
          ??chr(9) + aFonts(i) FONT aFonts(i)
      ENDFOR

      SET PRINTER TO
      SET PRINTER OFF
      SET DEVICE TO SCREEN

NOTE: The Wingdings font example generally prints in the Times New Roman font instead of in the Wingdings font. Both the Wingdings and Webdings font display correctly on the screen.