Microsoft KB Archive/61535

PowerPoint: Monospace Font Print Problem in Fractional Widths PSS ID Number: Q61535 Article last modified on 08-28-1992 PSS database name: M_PowerPt

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MACINTOSH

Summary:

Text that is formatted with a monospaced font, such as Courier or Monaco, may print improperly when printing to the Apple LaserWriter when the Fractional Widths option is activated. The character spacing on-screen may be different from that which is printed. As a result, text may appear to be shifted with respect to other text or graphic objects in the document. This problem is particularly evident when bold character formatting is used.

In PowerPoint, there is currently no option to turn Fractional Widths off and, consequently, no way of avoiding the problem. The only workaround is to use a different font.

This is a problem in the Macintosh Font Manager. The Courier font is not displayed with fractional widths because it is a monospaced font (that is, all characters are of the same width), but is, nevertheless, printed with fractional widths. This causes the discrepancy between what is displayed on the screen and in the printout.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1992.