font won't display properly

[Josh Davenport]

Don't really know squat about XP.

On OS9 and 10 there is an option for the font size at which smoothing  
is turned on or off. This can affect both the display and printing of  
text.

On Apr 2, 2008, at 7:21 PM, Craig McPherson wrote:

> I have a client on a Windows XP machine who is having font problems
> such that the fonts on my layouts do not appear correctly on his
> machine. They are fine on my Windows XP machine...the font is set to
> Alpine 9 or Alpine 10 and they display properly for me. Both machines
> show the Alpine font (TrueType) as being installed in the fonts  
> folder.
>
> On his machine the fonts appear to be condensed and
> flattened...actually looks like a different font from the screen shot
> he sent me...
> In addition to the font, where I display  the option-8 character
> (bullet) which appears round on my Mac, the bullets appear as ovals
> on my Windows machine but are perfectly acceptable and they show as
> bullets.
>
> The bullets on his display look more like giant hyphens or small
> rectangles.
>
> We both have the same screen resolution settings (1024x768). I can
> think of nothing beyond the screen resolution and font issues that
> might cause this anomaly. None of my other clients (running XP) have
> indicated a problem. Any suggestions much appreciated.
>
> Craig McPherson
> 4/2/08 at 16:16
>
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