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7–2
Using Fonts
FONTS IN GDI
MODE
One benefit of SuperScript GDI's WYSIWYP (What
You See Is What You Print) approach becomes clear
as you use fonts. In Windows 3.1, any font you can
see on the screen will print on your printer. This
includes TrueType, Type 1 (through Adobe's ATM
software), and Intellifont (through Intellifont for
Windows).
TrueType is most common, since it is already built
into Windows 3.1. However, in most cases the
performance difference between TrueType and other
fonts is negligible.
One advantage of GDI mode becomes evident when
you work with documents that have multiple fonts.
A standard printer language such as PostScript must
fetch additional information every time it processes a
new font. A document with many different fonts can
take a noticeably long time to print. In GDI mode,
the work of fetching font information takes place at
the time the document is retrieved and displayed to
the screen. Printing the document requires only a
small amount of additional processing, which means
quick text printing no matter how many fonts are
included.
NOTE: Windows includes some special built-in
fonts that were not meant for printing, including MS
Serif and MS Sans. These special fonts were
designed for screen display, and so their resolution
(number of dots per inch) is coarser than the fonts
that normally appear on a printed page. It is recom-
mended that you do not select these fonts when
creating your documents.
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