Fonts In Gdi Mode - NEC SuperScript 660plus User Manual

Appendix E: Using Fonts

Fonts in GDI Mode

SuperScript software can work rapidly and accurately
with the standard TrueType fonts as well as the
standard Windows GDI fonts.
One benefit of the SuperScript GDI (Graphical Device
Interface) WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
approach becomes clear as you use fonts. In Windows,
any font you can see on the screen will print on your
printer. This includes TrueType, Type 1 (through
Intellifont for Windows).
TrueType is most common, since it is already built into
Windows. 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 on 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.
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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. We recommend that you
do not select these fonts when creating your
documents.
If you only need TrueType fonts (identified with a TT
symbol on your font list), you can hide all others from
your list of available fonts, by following these steps:
1. In Windows 95, click the Start button, point to
Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control
Panel window appears.
In Windows 3.1 or 3.11, double-click the Main
program group, then double–click the Control
Panel.
2. Double-click the Fonts icon in the Control Panel
window. The Fonts window appears.
3. Select the View menu and click Options. The
Options dialog box appears.
4. Click the TrueType tab.
5. Select Show only TrueType fonts in the programs
on my computer. Click OK to exit the Options
dialog box.
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