PPT97: Palatino Font Prints Squished From Windows 95
Article ID: 190321
Article Last Modified on 9/7/2001
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q190321
SYMPTOMS
If your slide contains text using the Palatino font, and you print it
to a PostScript printer from a computer running Windows 95 or Windows
NT 4.0, the text is printed with incorrect character spacing.
Specifically, letters are printed too close together and wide letters and
symbols (such as W, /, m, and so forth) overlap each other. This
effect is most noticeable in text that uses Palatino, though it also
occurs in text that uses Palatino Bold, Palatino Italic, and Palatino
Bold Italic.
The same text prints correctly from Microsoft Word for Windows.
WORKAROUND
PowerPoint ships with a TrueType font called Book Antiqua. This
TrueType font is virtually identical to Palatino. Substitute Book
Antiqua for Palatino.
- On the Format menu, click Replace Fonts.
- From the Replace list, click Palatino.
- From the With list, click Book Antiqua.
- Click Replace and then click Close.
Additional query words: kerning squished too close overlapping PS QMS Agfa LaserJet 4SI post script internal font
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