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How Does WP Select A "Best Fit" During Font C |
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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
Problem
Symptoms: How does WordPerfect select a "best fit" font during font conversions? Solutions: All documents are saved with font descriptions. WordPerfect uses the font descriptions to determine best fit font conversions. To convert a font, WP uses a point system. All fonts in the font list are compared to the font descriptor assigned to the document, unless a match is already found. Each font in the .PRS printer file that matches a characteristic gets points added to them. The font with the highest total, will be used as the "best fit" font. There are 4 ranges of points - 64, 16, 4, and 2. A font receives 64 points for each match of Weight (e.g., bold), Small Caps, Outline, and Italic. A font receives 16 for each match of Character width, Point Size, Typeface, PS or Fixed, Slant percentage, and Shadow. A font receives 4 points for each match of Width/Height ratio and Character Sets present. Two points are given for each match of character pitch, descender height, cap height, and x-height. To explain how this works, the following example shows why a PostScript Courier 6pt font converts to HP's Courier 10cpi font and not CG Times 6pt. Points given are shown bolded: |
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