Czech fonts, etc.

[James Kirchner]

>These print out on my printer, which is a StyleWriter II, but
>look like old-fashioned dot-matrix printing. There were
>PostScript fonts along with the screen fonts, and I applied
>the same process to install them too, but as far as I can tell
>my printer can't use PostScript fonts.

>Or can it? Perhaps there is some expert reading the list who
>can tell me how to make it do so.


Your StyleWriter II can certainly use PostScript fonts.  I have the same set
up, and there is no trouble.  With some fonts, however, there is a second
file that also goes into the fonts folder along with the font file.  This is
some kind of font display utility, and usually comes in the same folder with
the font.  If you have a font like this, and you only install the font
suitcase without the display utility, the font will print out as a bitmapped
font.  My guess is that you received the font file without the display
utility of the same name.

I still say the best source of Czechoslovak, Polish and Cyrillic TrueType
fonts for Macs is ftp.apple.com.  You have to download the appropriate parts
of their respective countries' operating systems, decode them (Binhex),
install the keyboards and "scripts" (usually called "CE") into the system
folder, the fonts into the font folder (Only using the fonts in the "fonts"
or "pisma" files; the others can cause problems!), then restart and you're in
business.  If you also install a keyboard menu utility that allows you to
switch keyboards quickly from the menu bar, you've got your Mac tricked up
almost the way it would be with a Central European operating system.  All the
fonts will allow a switch from English to their respective languages, just by
switching keyboard layouts.  The Czechoslovak and Polish fonts are the same,
so don't bother downloading them specially for each of the languages.  AND
DON'T FORGET TO READ THE "READ MEs"!

Happy tinkering, y'all!  It's easier than it sounds.

James Kirchner