Type 1 Fonts not available in Word 2003 on WinXP

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How do I use the Type 1 (Adobe) fonts installed on my computer in Word? The drop-down menu does not show them. Why not? Other applications do

I have a very expensive professional font we use for our restaurant menus in PageMaker and other documents, and it is a part of our website's typography, too. I'd like to be able to create some quick printed material in Word with this, and not always need to use a graphics or pre-press application.
 
Hi Brian

You'll need to select a PostScript printer to see the fonts - Word only
shows fonts that are available on the current printer. If you don't have a
real printer installed you can install an appropriate PS printer driver, but
note that if you then try to print to a non-PS printer, the fonts will be
substituted anyway.

I'm surprised you are using an unusual PostScript font for website design,
unless this is just in some graphical elements - have you looked at the
results on a variety of computers and browsers?

--
Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP
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Brian said:
How do I use the Type 1 (Adobe) fonts installed on my computer in Word?
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The drop-down menu does not show them. Why not? Other applications do.
I have a very expensive professional font we use for our restaurant menus
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in PageMaker and other documents, and it is a part of our website's
typography, too. I'd like to be able to create some quick printed material
in Word with this, and not always need to use a graphics or pre-press
application.
 
You can print Type 1 fonts on non-PS printers if you have a recent version
of Adobe Type Manager. Additionally, Windows 2000 and above don't need ATM
to handle Type 1 fonts.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Susan, thanks for your help

I have a WinXP machine. No ATM installed, but as just as you said I thought it was unnecessary. Any ideas?
 
I'm surprised you are using an unusual PostScript font for website design
unless this is just in some graphical elements - have you looked at th
results on a variety of computers and browsers
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Margaret, thanks for your help. The font ("Mrs Eaves" by Zuzanna Licko of Emigre.. check it out if you're curious) isn't what the pages are displayed in per se; where it's important to display the font choice we've made .gif's

It's available as a .ttf. I'm just trying to avoid paying another $300 to get that .tt

I'll go look to see if I can get a ps driver for this printer now. Thanks again!
 
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