Text Prints Plain Instead of Bold or Italic
PSS ID Number: Q107701
Article last modified on 10-14-1994
PSS database name: MACSYS

1.00
MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft TrueType Master Set version 1.0
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SYMPTOM
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A Master Set font does not print to a PostScript printer in bold and/or
italic, even though it displays that way on-screen.

CAUSE
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Some fonts do not come with their bold, italic, or bold-italic versions.
For example, Baskerville Old Face does not have a bold, italic, or a bold-
italic font face and cannot print in any of these faces even though they
display on-screen; instead, the font prints in plain Baskerville Old Face.
The problem most commonly occurs with Headline, Decorative, and Symbol
fonts but also occurs with a few of the Text fonts, as listed below:

Text Fonts that don't print in bold or italic
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   Baskerville Old Face
   Centaur
   Eurostyle (no italic)

Text fonts that don't print in bold-italic
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   Baskerville Old Face
   Bell MT
   Centaur
   Eurostyle
   Futura Medium
   New Caledonia

Note: Some font faces are referred to as demibold or oblique. These names
correspond to bold and italic.

STATUS
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This functionality is under review for all fonts in the TrueType Master Set
and will be considered for inclusion in a future release.

MORE INFORMATION
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Although the Macintosh can emulate a missing bold or italic TrueType Master
Set font on-screen, it cannot print it to a PostScript printer. This
problem does not occur with QuickDraw-based printers.

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