I've forgotten at which version Acrobat reader switched to the PostScript
version of Times New Roman from Times. (Agfa Monotype is the source of
the first and Linotype of the second. Adobe distributed both through
cross-licensing arrangements.) Regardless, if the version you are now
using is satisfactory, why worry about the micro-detail.
All the best.
Tom
: Thanks for the reply and, again, the very helpful posts.
:
: As I mentioned, I had folders for 3 different Adobe readers on my
computer
: (5,6, & 7). I found a Courier font only in the v.6 folder -- nothing
in the
: v.5 or v.7. You've recommended going back to v.3, but I think I found
it in
: v.6. I'm assuming that you were just generally pointing in the right
: direction of an older version, and it's not impossible that I found it
in v.6?
:
: So far, so good. I'm still tinkering around with it, seeing how the new
font
: affects the old formatting, etc.
:
:
: "Tom Ferguson" wrote:
:
: > Sorry to say that somehow I missed the later posts on this thread.
: > Hopefully, better late than never.
: >
: > If anyone is trying to install Courier as found in Acrobat reader,
please
: > be advised that the success of the venture depends on getting an
older
: > version of Reader. Recent versions use the PostScript version if
Courier
: > New rather than Courier. Check here:
: >
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=acrobat
: > Try v 3.
: >
: > Harold;
: > Glad it finally worked for you. Glad I could help.
: >
: > --
: >
: > Tom
: > MSMVP
: > Windows Shell/User
: >
: >
message
: > : > : Don't know what happened to this thread, but I posted on a similar
one
: > with
: > : the exact same issue. It seems a lot of people want Courier font
on
: > their
: > : Word 2003 in addition to Courier New. Courier New prints very
faintly
: > : (almost anemic-looking) and the standard format for screenwriting
is
: > Courier
: > : 12pt. That's why I need it.
: > :
: > : Unfortunately, I am computer clueless and cannot follow all your
: > helpful
: > : suggestions, Tom. I have vestiges of 3 versions of Adobe Acrobat
(5.0,
: > 6.0,
: > : 7.0) on my XP computer, and I located some Courier files, but they
were
: > "Read
: > : Only." Maybe, I was looking in the wrong place. I tried to "COPY
THE
: > COURIER
: > : FONT FILES TO A TEMPORARY DIRECTORY" as you said but am clueless
how to
: > : "INSTALL THEM FROM THERE."
: > :
: > : I would happily be a guinea pig for anyone with the saintly
patience to
: > walk
: > : me through this and the curiousity, etc. Be happy to call you on
the
: > phone
: > : if it isn't too much of an imposition. I find all this typing out
of
: > the
: > : symptomolgy of the problem to be exhausting. Especially, when I'm
: > ignorant
: > : of computer terminology, etc. But, as I said, I'm desperate to
obtain
: > this
: > : font.
: > :
: > : I know I have Adobe 5.0 on a CD that came w/ my scanner, so I could
: > easily
: > : re-install it, if necessary. Otherwise, I've got the standard
Windows
: > XP.
: > : One of my computers has Word 2003 (the one I do my writing on) and
the
: > other
: > : one has Word 2002 (ver. 10.4...). So, I think it could be very
: > : straightforward will the aid of someone in the know.
: > :
: > : Thanks to anyone and everyone for reading this.
: >
: >
: >
