Device-Dependent Fonts

Device-dependent printer fonts, including cartridge fonts and soft fonts, are limited to the set of typefaces, point sizes, and styles supported by your printer. If you create a document with one printer specified, use its printer fonts, and then change to a different target printer, the fonts displayed in the document change. This may not be evident from the on-screen appearance.

For example, suppose you specify a PostScript printer and have 12-point Bookman text with 20-point Avant Garde headlines in your document. If you change to a printer that does not support these fonts, Designer chooses the closest available fonts, which will not display or print as you expect. You can either change back to a PostScript printer or change the fonts in the document to fonts supported by the new printer.

Designer also substitutes the closest available font when you use a device-dependent font and then rotate the text.