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From: anderson@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Microsoft Word 4.0 and downloading printer fonts
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Date: 21 Jun 88 16:11:09 GMT
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In article <13722@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, wales@valeria.cs.ucla.edu (Rich Wales) writes...
 
]I have just ordered the "downloadable font" hardware option for my
]Toshiba P321 (*not* P321SL) 24-pin dot-matrix printer (currently avail-
]able direct from Toshiba for about $45 plus tax and shipping).  I plan
]to try my hand at developing my own fonts.  I use Microsoft Word 4.0 on
]an IBM PC/XT clone for my home word processing needs.
] 
]I think I understand, from the Toshiba P321 manual, what form the
]downloading info must take.  However, the Microsoft Word documentation
]isn't anything like sufficiently detailed for me to figure out how to
]put together my own downloadable font and get it loaded properly.
] 
]If anyone out there has experience with using downloadable fonts with
]Microsoft Word on an IBM or clone (whether with a Toshiba P321 or not,
]and whether you have designed your own fonts or not), I would very much
]appreciate it if you could contact me via e-mail (see below for my
]address).
] 
]Also, if anyone knows of a PD or shareware tool for creating download-
]able fonts, I would be grateful to hear about it.
 
I'm in a quite similar situation with similar equipment, so responders
might consider posting here, to help out more people.

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