Bitstream Fonts Converting To One Point Size

DocumentID: 608426
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:33:17 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: A customer's WordPerfect 5.0 documents are not converting to WP 5.1 properly. The user purchased the new Bitstream Fontware for WP 5.1 and recreated all of the same fonts that had been created in WP 5.0. When the user retrieves a WP 5.0 document into WP 5.1, the font converts to a font that is one point size smaller than the original font. For example, in one WP 5.0 document the user created the base font was Dutch Roman 12pt. When the user retrieved the document into WP 5.1, the font changed to Dutch Roman 11pt. Solutions: The problem is due to the Bitstream average PS font widths in the WP 5.0 .ALL printer file. The wrong proportional space widths were assigned to the fonts. In WP 5.1, Bitstream installed the correct PS width information into the .ALL file. When the customer retrieves the WP 5.0 documents into WP 5.1, WP sees the difference in width. Due to the difference in the width information, WP thinks that the font is smaller and the program selects a smaller font. For this problem, a new version of PTR has been released dated after 09/26/90. This release allows the user to change the average PS width. The following steps in the PTR program corrected the problem for the customer: 1. Retrieve the WP 5.0 .ALL file into the PTR program, highlight the printer name, and press Enter 2. Select Fonts 3. Cursor to the FW fonts and press Enter 4. You need to edit every FW font. In the Size and Spacing screen, find and write down the Average PS Width for every font available. 5. Next, retrieve the WP 5.1 .ALL file, and select the printer 6. Select Fonts 7. Select the FW library 8. Edit the Average PS Width for every font using the widths written down in Step 4. To edit the PS widths, use the following steps: a. Select Size and Spacing b. Select the PS table twice c. You will see Average Width d. Enter in the value you have written down for that font, and repeat the steps 1 - 4 for all the other fonts e. Exit and save Note: In order to use these steps you will need to have the same Bitstream fonts installed in both the WordPerfect 5.0 and 5.1 .ALL files. You will need a release more current than the 09/26/90 PTR program. You should only use this modified driver for WP 5.0 documents printed in WP 5.1. Do not save new WP 5.1 documents with this modified printer definition.

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