Line Printer Font Spaces Differently With Cha

DocumentID: 646598
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:19:16 PM

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

Problem

Symptoms: On an HP LaserJet IIISi, the customer is switching to a CG Times font from a Line Printer font, which changes the spacing for character 6,26. This does not happen on the HP LaserJet IIID. Solutions: A work around for this problem is to remove the Math Automatic Font Change (AFC) of Univers Condensed font from the Line Printer font. This is done with the following steps: 1. In the PTR Program, retrieve the .PRS file and select the HP IIISi printer 2. Select Fonts, cursor to Line Printer, and press Enter 3. Select Automatic Font Changes, and cursor to Math set 4. Press Backspace to delete Univers Condensed 5. Exit, save, and replace The character width being used is from the AFC font, but the word spacing comes from the current font (see the WP 5.1 printer manual). The AFC for the math character set with the Line Printer font is the Univers Condensed font. When WP prints the character, it switches to Univers Condensed and uses the spacing for the Univers font. Since the character is larger than the width of a Line Printer character, you will see a difference in width on the status line was well as in View Document. According to the 5.1 printer manual, "By selecting a font for a character set, WordPerfect automatically switches to that font to print characters from that character set. After printing the character, WordPerfect switches back to the current (base) font." The program is working as designed. The AFC for the Math set is being selected based on the character set percentage. To select an AFC character set, WP looks at all 13 of the WP character sets defined for a font's character map. No AFC is selected for ASCII, Typographic, or Iconic Symbols, if it has at least one character defined. Any other character sets that have more than 25% character completeness will not have an AFC selected for that set. In all cases, an AFC will not be selected if it has a smaller percentage of characters than the current font's set. In the example of the Line printer font and the Math set, the font is less than 25% complete and the Univers Condensed font is 75% complete. This is why an AFC for the Math set is being selected.

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