Helvetica is a proprietary font, you have to buy it. Its generic version is (surprise!) known as Arial. It comes (usually) as a postcript font (and this is what you want, for portability) - so to use it, you must download and install a (free) Adobe Type Manager, unlike using True Type Fonts (them, you just dump into Windows/Fonts directory, where they are available to all Windows apps).
Hope this helps. -- Sofia Nikolsky JCH GeoInfo Solutions 3600 University Dr Ste C Durham NC 27707 (919) 493-9339 www.jchgis.com Robert Karr wrote: >Greetings All: My print shop people want me to use Helvetica instead of my favorite, >Arial, on my maps. I don't seem to have it as a separate font (like TrueType) >anywhere on my PC. Don't know if it exists inside some other file. No other app on my >PC offers the choice of Helvetica, and, without detailed comparison, all apps seem to >offer the same set of fonts. That leads me to believe that all apps use the same >"pool" of fonts stored and "administered" by the operating system (NT4,sp6, in my >case). > >So, how do I get Helvetica?? How do I install it, and, where, so that MapInfo will >recognize it, and make it available?? > >In general, how does MapInfo handle text fonts?? > >...thanks ....Bob > > >Robert Karr Phone: 517-373-3028 >GIS Operator FAX: 517-373-0171 >Science and Technology Division >Legislative Service Bureau >Michigan State Legislature >124 West Allegan Street, 4th Floor >pob 30036 >Lansing, MI 48909-7536 >USA > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Message number: 3408 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 3411
