User Guide

Before you go to the Print Sample dialog, it is important to
decide which printer you want to use. Fontographer will
print to both PostScript and non-PostScript printers, but the
quality of output will vary. If you are printing to a PostScript
printer, Fontographer hints the font before downloading it to
the printer. This method will give you the highest quality
prints. If you are printing to a non-PostScript printer,
Fontographer must draw each character unhinted, so the
quality may be slightly lower.
It should be noted that when Fontographer’s print samples
are output to a non-PostScript printer, they only show an
approximation of what the font will look like when actually
installed. Subtle variations will appear depending on the type
of font generated (Type 1, Type 3, TrueType, etc.).
Fontographer’s print command in the File menu provides
several options for printing font samples, most of which give
you the opportunity to choose the point size of your printed
sample.
Sample text
The first choice in the Sample type pop-up menu is “Sample
text” which provides three printing options.
Choosing “All characters” prints all the characters of the
font at the point size you designate.
To print a sample of all characters:
1. Choose “Print” from the File menu.
2. Choose “Sample text” from the Sample type pop-
up menu.
3. Click the All characters radio button in the Print
sample dialog box.
4. Click “Print.”
Choosing Selected characters allows you to print
characters selected in the Font Window at a designated
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