Microsoft KB Archive/107701

Text Prints Plain Instead of Bold or Italic PSS ID Number: Q107701 Article last modified on 10-14-1994 PSS database name: MACSYS

1.00 MACINTOSH

= SYMPTOM =

A Master Set font does not print to a PostScript printer in bold and/or italic, even though it displays that way on-screen.

= CAUSE =

Some fonts do not come with their bold, italic, or bold-italic versions. For example, Baskerville Old Face does not have a bold, italic, or a bold- italic font face and cannot print in any of these faces even though they display on-screen; instead, the font prints in plain Baskerville Old Face. The problem most commonly occurs with Headline, Decorative, and Symbol fonts but also occurs with a few of the Text fonts, as listed below:

Text Fonts that don’t print in bold or italic
Baskerville Old Face Centaur Eurostyle (no italic)

Text fonts that don’t print in bold-italic
Baskerville Old Face Bell MT Centaur Eurostyle Futura Medium New Caledonia

Note: Some font faces are referred to as demibold or oblique. These names correspond to bold and italic.

= STATUS =

This functionality is under review for all fonts in the TrueType Master Set and will be considered for inclusion in a future release.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Although the Macintosh can emulate a missing bold or italic TrueType Master Set font on-screen, it cannot print it to a PostScript printer. This problem does not occur with QuickDraw-based printers.

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