BUG: Cannot Map TT Font to Same Name PostScript Device Font (92411)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1
This article was previously published under Q92411
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SYMPTOMS

If a TrueType (TT) font and a PostScript (PS) printer font have the same name, the TT font cannot be mapped to a different printer font. The mapping works correctly for TT fonts whose names are different than the fonts on the printer.

For example, the TrueType Symbol font can be mapped only to the Symbol font resident on the PostScript printer.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

To reproduce this problem, perform the following steps:
  1. Install a PostScript driver [for example, the Hewlett-Packard (HP)LaserJet IIIsi PostScript] from retail Windows 3.1.
  2. In Control Panel, select that driver, and choose Setup, Options, Advanced, Edit Substitution Table.
  3. Select Symbol as the TT font and Helvetica (or anything other than Symbol) as the Printer font to use.
  4. Start Write (or Word for Windows, and so forth) and type some text in Helvetica. On the next line, type the same text using the Symbol font.
  5. Print the document; the first line is in Helvetica and the second line is still in Symbol rather than Helvetica as expected.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:2/11/2005
Keywords:kbbug kbpending KB92411
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