Microsoft KB Archive/86696

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Zapf Dingbats Print Bitmapped on IIf/g Printers
'Article ID: Q86696

Creation Date: 14-JUL-1992

Revision Date: 16-JAN-1996' SUMMARY

Text formatted in the Zapf Dingbats font may be printed as bitmaps on an Apple LaserWriter IIf or IIg printer. This problem may occur because the PostScript outline font for Zapf Dingbats which comes with the printer is named incorrectly and isn't downloaded properly.

MORE INFORMATION

Unlike earlier Apple LaserWriters, the Zapf Dingbats font is not included in the ROM of the IIf and IIg printers because of space limitations. (The IIf and IIg printers use Level 2 PostScript, which is larger that Level 1 PostScript.) The font is included separately on the Fonts 1 disk that ships with the LaserWriter II (version 4.0 of the LaserWriter II Install disks).

The Installer Notes on the LaserWriter II Install disk state:

To use the Zapf Dingbats font included with your LaserWriter software, you must observe either of these two conditions:

 Your Macintosh system version must support TrueType (TrueType works with System 7.0 and later versions, and with System 6.0.7 using the TrueType extension) and a TrueType version of Zapf Dingbats must be installed in the System. -or- You must copy the Zapf Dingbats outline font file from the LaserWriter II Fonts 1 into your System Folder. This file must not be hidden inside any folders in the System Folder.

The Zapf Dingbats outline font on the LaserWriter II Fonts 1 disk is named incorrectly. This prevents the temporary downloading of the font by the LaserWriter driver. The filename as it appears on the disk is &quot;Zapf Dingbats.&quot; However, for the font to be downloaded automatically by the LaserWriter driver, the file needs to be called &quot;ZapfDin&quot; (without the quotation marks). WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do either of the following:

 Rename the Zapf Dingbats outline font in the System folder from &quot;Zapf Dingbats&quot; to &quot;ZapfDin&quot; (without the quotation marks). -or- Install a TrueType version of Zapf Dingbats into the System.

REFERENCES

ReadMe and Installer Notes files on LaserWriter II Installation Disk
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