WD97: Bookman Font Fails to Print Bold on PS Printers
Article ID: 172310
Article Last Modified on 1/20/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q172310
SYMPTOMS
If you format text with the Bookman Old Style font, make it bold, and then
print it to a postscript printer, the bold text will print as non-bold
text.
CAUSE
The Bookman Old Style font has a normal weight of 300 and a bold weight of
600 (instead of the usual 400 and 700). When Microsoft Word asks for a 600
weight Bookman Old Style font from the Postscript driver, it doesn't
"think" that Word wants bold, and instead uses the 400 weight Bookman Old
Style font.
WORKAROUND
Configure the printer to download the Bookman Old Style font as a bitmap
font. To do so, follow these steps:
- On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, and then click
Printers.
- Right-click the printer you want to print to, and click Properties.
- Click the Fonts tab.
- Click to select Always Use Truetype Fonts.
- Click the Send Fonts As button.
- Click to select Bitmap from the "Send Truetype fonts as" list.
The bold Bookman Old Style text will now print correctly.
NOTE: This problem does not occur with PCL (non-postscript) printers or
when printing to a postscript printer under Microsoft Windows NT.
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