Microsoft KB Archive/11687

ALPS P2000, Underline, Strikethrough, PS Font

PSS ID Number: Q11687 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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A problem occurs when I do the following:


 * 1) Load or create a document containing words in the PS fonts that have the character formats of strikethrough, underscore, and double underscore.
 * 2) Select the ALPS2000 driver.
 * 3) Print the document on an ALPS P2000 printer.

Strikethroughs, underscores, and double underscores do not occur at the proper positions. They are offset slightly to the left from the appropriate proportionally spaced text.

This is a restriction of the ALPS P2000 printer. Because of this, Word cannot correctly handle the underline and strikethrough in proportionally spaced fonts. Several other printers have the same limitation. The limitation is that the printers do not support fractional backspacing, which makes it almost impossible to align the underline exactly with the last character of a word.

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