I recently downloaded a new font from fonts.com. After I did that, the Adobe
fonts on my computer no longer will print as "bold", namely one called
Bellevue. They show on the screen as bold but won't print correctly. I
understand the idea of font families but this has never been an issue before
and I've used this font for more than 12 years. I reinstalled the font and
reinstalled my print driver but these steps made no difference. I am using
an HP Laserjet 2300 printer. Anyone have any ideas as to why this happened,
or better yet, how to fix it? Thanks.

What was the format of the font you purchased?
(TrueType/PostScript/OpenType?) How many weights/styles did you purchase
(Four are usual: Regular or Normal/Italic/Bold/Bold Italic) Are you using
the PCL or the PostScript driver for this printer? Did you change any driver
settings? Did you make any hardware changes recently?
--

Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007


"Bette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:29E5F352-57AE-4BB4-BCBA-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I recently downloaded a new font from fonts.com. After I did that, the
>Adobe
> fonts on my computer no longer will print as "bold", namely one called
> Bellevue. They show on the screen as bold but won't print correctly. I
> understand the idea of font families but this has never been an issue
> before
> and I've used this font for more than 12 years. I reinstalled the font
> and
> reinstalled my print driver but these steps made no difference. I am
> using
> an HP Laserjet 2300 printer. Anyone have any ideas as to why this
> happened,
> or better yet, how to fix it? Thanks.

The font I purchased was OpenType and I only purchased the italic style. I
am aware that this one will only print as italic and that's all that I
needed. My printer uses a PCL driver (recently downloaded) and I am not
aware that I changed any of its settings. In addition, no hardware changes
have been made.

I am not concerned about the font I purchased, just my other fonts which I
guess are PostScript (from Adobe long ago). I have found a free truetype
font (GE Travelscript) that is almost exactly like the one I can't get to
work properly (Bellevue) but since the other old fonts seem to have the same
problem, I'm interested to know if there is a fix. I don't understand how a
new font file could impact the others - maybe this is just a very big
coincidence. Thanks for your interest and assistance.

"Tom Ferguson" wrote:

> What was the format of the font you purchased?
> (TrueType/PostScript/OpenType?) How many weights/styles did you purchase
> (Four are usual: Regular or Normal/Italic/Bold/Bold Italic) Are you using
> the PCL or the PostScript driver for this printer? Did you change any driver
> settings? Did you make any hardware changes recently?
> --
>
> Tom
> MSMVP 1998-2007
>
>
> "Bette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:29E5F352-57AE-4BB4-BCBA-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I recently downloaded a new font from fonts.com. After I did that, the
> >Adobe
> > fonts on my computer no longer will print as "bold", namely one called
> > Bellevue. They show on the screen as bold but won't print correctly. I
> > understand the idea of font families but this has never been an issue
> > before
> > and I've used this font for more than 12 years. I reinstalled the font
> > and
> > reinstalled my print driver but these steps made no difference. I am
> > using
> > an HP Laserjet 2300 printer. Anyone have any ideas as to why this
> > happened,
> > or better yet, how to fix it? Thanks.
>
>

Try checking the settings in the printer driver. Enable the setting to send
font as bitmap.
--

Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007

"Bette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6E85B273-E8F1-405C-95B8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> The font I purchased was OpenType and I only purchased the italic style.
> I
> am aware that this one will only print as italic and that's all that I
> needed. My printer uses a PCL driver (recently downloaded) and I am not
> aware that I changed any of its settings. In addition, no hardware
> changes
> have been made.
>
> I am not concerned about the font I purchased, just my other fonts which I
> guess are PostScript (from Adobe long ago). I have found a free truetype
> font (GE Travelscript) that is almost exactly like the one I can't get to
> work properly (Bellevue) but since the other old fonts seem to have the
> same
> problem, I'm interested to know if there is a fix. I don't understand how
> a
> new font file could impact the others - maybe this is just a very big
> coincidence. Thanks for your interest and assistance.
>
> "Tom Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> What was the format of the font you purchased?
>> (TrueType/PostScript/OpenType?) How many weights/styles did you purchase
>> (Four are usual: Regular or Normal/Italic/Bold/Bold Italic) Are you
>> using
>> the PCL or the PostScript driver for this printer? Did you change any
>> driver
>> settings? Did you make any hardware changes recently?
>> --
>>
>> Tom
>> MSMVP 1998-2007
>>
>>
>> "Bette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:29E5F352-57AE-4BB4-BCBA-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I recently downloaded a new font from fonts.com. After I did that, the
>> >Adobe
>> > fonts on my computer no longer will print as "bold", namely one called
>> > Bellevue. They show on the screen as bold but won't print correctly.
>> > I
>> > understand the idea of font families but this has never been an issue
>> > before
>> > and I've used this font for more than 12 years. I reinstalled the font
>> > and
>> > reinstalled my print driver but these steps made no difference. I am
>> > using
>> > an HP Laserjet 2300 printer. Anyone have any ideas as to why this
>> > happened,
>> > or better yet, how to fix it? Thanks.
>>
>>

Thanks for your help. I've now changed this but it had no effect.
Interestingly, I "googled" my problem and had quite a few hits of other
people who have had the same problem. So far my research into them hasn't
yielded any solutions but maybe there is one out there somewhere.

"Tom Ferguson" wrote:

> Try checking the settings in the printer driver. Enable the setting to send
> font as bitmap.
> --
>
> Tom
> MSMVP 1998-2007
>
> "Bette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:6E85B273-E8F1-405C-95B8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > The font I purchased was OpenType and I only purchased the italic style.
> > I
> > am aware that this one will only print as italic and that's all that I
> > needed. My printer uses a PCL driver (recently downloaded) and I am not
> > aware that I changed any of its settings. In addition, no hardware
> > changes
> > have been made.
> >
> > I am not concerned about the font I purchased, just my other fonts which I
> > guess are PostScript (from Adobe long ago). I have found a free truetype
> > font (GE Travelscript) that is almost exactly like the one I can't get to
> > work properly (Bellevue) but since the other old fonts seem to have the
> > same
> > problem, I'm interested to know if there is a fix. I don't understand how
> > a
> > new font file could impact the others - maybe this is just a very big
> > coincidence. Thanks for your interest and assistance.
> >
> > "Tom Ferguson" wrote:
> >
> >> What was the format of the font you purchased?
> >> (TrueType/PostScript/OpenType?) How many weights/styles did you purchase
> >> (Four are usual: Regular or Normal/Italic/Bold/Bold Italic) Are you
> >> using
> >> the PCL or the PostScript driver for this printer? Did you change any
> >> driver
> >> settings? Did you make any hardware changes recently?
> >> --
> >>
> >> Tom
> >> MSMVP 1998-2007
> >>
> >>
> >> "Bette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:29E5F352-57AE-4BB4-BCBA-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >I recently downloaded a new font from fonts.com. After I did that, the
> >> >Adobe
> >> > fonts on my computer no longer will print as "bold", namely one called
> >> > Bellevue. They show on the screen as bold but won't print correctly.
> >> > I
> >> > understand the idea of font families but this has never been an issue
> >> > before
> >> > and I've used this font for more than 12 years. I reinstalled the font
> >> > and
> >> > reinstalled my print driver but these steps made no difference. I am
> >> > using
> >> > an HP Laserjet 2300 printer. Anyone have any ideas as to why this
> >> > happened,
> >> > or better yet, how to fix it? Thanks.
> >>
> >>
>
>

Very puzzling, altogether.

I would go to a bare-bones font complement and see if that solves the
problem. To do that:

Make sure you have copies of all of the font files in a directory other than
the default fonts directory. Next, delete all PostScript fonts from the
system. Reboot. Check the functionality of you TrueType fonts in Word or
whichever word processor you use.

Next, if they are OK. Try adding the PostScript fonts back, one at a time,
and check functionality.
&c.

Let us know.
--

Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007


"Bette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news66B9B91-6865-44FA-8880-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for your help. I've now changed this but it had no effect.
> Interestingly, I "googled" my problem and had quite a few hits of other
> people who have had the same problem. So far my research into them hasn't
> yielded any solutions but maybe there is one out there somewhere.
>
> "Tom Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> Try checking the settings in the printer driver. Enable the setting to
>> send
>> font as bitmap.
>> --
>>
>> Tom
>> MSMVP 1998-2007
>>
>> "Bette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:6E85B273-E8F1-405C-95B8-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > The font I purchased was OpenType and I only purchased the italic
>> > style.
>> > I
>> > am aware that this one will only print as italic and that's all that I
>> > needed. My printer uses a PCL driver (recently downloaded) and I am
>> > not
>> > aware that I changed any of its settings. In addition, no hardware
>> > changes
>> > have been made.
>> >
>> > I am not concerned about the font I purchased, just my other fonts
>> > which I
>> > guess are PostScript (from Adobe long ago). I have found a free
>> > truetype
>> > font (GE Travelscript) that is almost exactly like the one I can't get
>> > to
>> > work properly (Bellevue) but since the other old fonts seem to have the
>> > same
>> > problem, I'm interested to know if there is a fix. I don't understand
>> > how
>> > a
>> > new font file could impact the others - maybe this is just a very big
>> > coincidence. Thanks for your interest and assistance.
>> >
>> > "Tom Ferguson" wrote:
>> >
>> >> What was the format of the font you purchased?
>> >> (TrueType/PostScript/OpenType?) How many weights/styles did you
>> >> purchase
>> >> (Four are usual: Regular or Normal/Italic/Bold/Bold Italic) Are you
>> >> using
>> >> the PCL or the PostScript driver for this printer? Did you change any
>> >> driver
>> >> settings? Did you make any hardware changes recently?
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> Tom
>> >> MSMVP 1998-2007
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Bette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:29E5F352-57AE-4BB4-BCBA-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> >I recently downloaded a new font from fonts.com. After I did that,
>> >> >the
>> >> >Adobe
>> >> > fonts on my computer no longer will print as "bold", namely one
>> >> > called
>> >> > Bellevue. They show on the screen as bold but won't print
>> >> > correctly.
>> >> > I
>> >> > understand the idea of font families but this has never been an
>> >> > issue
>> >> > before
>> >> > and I've used this font for more than 12 years. I reinstalled the
>> >> > font
>> >> > and
>> >> > reinstalled my print driver but these steps made no difference. I
>> >> > am
>> >> > using
>> >> > an HP Laserjet 2300 printer. Anyone have any ideas as to why this
>> >> > happened,
>> >> > or better yet, how to fix it? Thanks.
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>

Thank you for your suggestion. I will indeed try this and see what happens.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to get at it this week due to other work
commitments. Hopefully I'll have a block of time to work on this next week.



"Tom Ferguson" wrote:

> Very puzzling, altogether.
>
> I would go to a bare-bones font complement and see if that solves the
> problem. To do that:
>
> Make sure you have copies of all of the font files in a directory other than
> the default fonts directory. Next, delete all PostScript fonts from the
> system. Reboot. Check the functionality of you TrueType fonts in Word or
> whichever word processor you use.
>
> Next, if they are OK. Try adding the PostScript fonts back, one at a time,
> and check functionality.
> &c.
>
> Let us know.
> --
>
> Tom
> MSMVP 1998-2007
>
>
> "Bette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news66B9B91-6865-44FA-8880-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thanks for your help. I've now changed this but it had no effect.
> > Interestingly, I "googled" my problem and had quite a few hits of other
> > people who have had the same problem. So far my research into them hasn't
> > yielded any solutions but maybe there is one out there somewhere.
> >
> > "Tom Ferguson" wrote:
> >
> >> Try checking the settings in the printer driver. Enable the setting to
> >> send
> >> font as bitmap.
> >> --
> >>
> >> Tom
> >> MSMVP 1998-2007
> >>
> >> "Bette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:6E85B273-E8F1-405C-95B8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > The font I purchased was OpenType and I only purchased the italic
> >> > style.
> >> > I
> >> > am aware that this one will only print as italic and that's all that I
> >> > needed. My printer uses a PCL driver (recently downloaded) and I am
> >> > not
> >> > aware that I changed any of its settings. In addition, no hardware
> >> > changes
> >> > have been made.
> >> >
> >> > I am not concerned about the font I purchased, just my other fonts
> >> > which I
> >> > guess are PostScript (from Adobe long ago). I have found a free
> >> > truetype
> >> > font (GE Travelscript) that is almost exactly like the one I can't get
> >> > to
> >> > work properly (Bellevue) but since the other old fonts seem to have the
> >> > same
> >> > problem, I'm interested to know if there is a fix. I don't understand
> >> > how
> >> > a
> >> > new font file could impact the others - maybe this is just a very big
> >> > coincidence. Thanks for your interest and assistance.
> >> >
> >> > "Tom Ferguson" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> What was the format of the font you purchased?
> >> >> (TrueType/PostScript/OpenType?) How many weights/styles did you
> >> >> purchase
> >> >> (Four are usual: Regular or Normal/Italic/Bold/Bold Italic) Are you
> >> >> using
> >> >> the PCL or the PostScript driver for this printer? Did you change any
> >> >> driver
> >> >> settings? Did you make any hardware changes recently?
> >> >> --
> >> >>
> >> >> Tom
> >> >> MSMVP 1998-2007
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "Bette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> >> news:29E5F352-57AE-4BB4-BCBA-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >> >I recently downloaded a new font from fonts.com. After I did that,
> >> >> >the
> >> >> >Adobe
> >> >> > fonts on my computer no longer will print as "bold", namely one
> >> >> > called
> >> >> > Bellevue. They show on the screen as bold but won't print
> >> >> > correctly.
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > understand the idea of font families but this has never been an
> >> >> > issue
> >> >> > before
> >> >> > and I've used this font for more than 12 years. I reinstalled the
> >> >> > font
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > reinstalled my print driver but these steps made no difference. I
> >> >> > am
> >> >> > using
> >> >> > an HP Laserjet 2300 printer. Anyone have any ideas as to why this
> >> >> > happened,
> >> >> > or better yet, how to fix it? Thanks.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>