Reviewing Types of Fonts
Some fonts are designed to be compatible with special printing devices. These fonts use mathematical outline descriptions to create their character set. The resulting characters can be scaled and rotated. However, fonts designed for special printers are often difficult to display. To solve this problem, Adobe has created the Adobe Type Manager (ATM), a Windows application that converts Adobe PostScript printer fonts into displayable characters for use by Windows 95 applications.
Note
Many printer vendors have designed custom software drivers to support their printers. Your printer manufacturer may have special Windows 95 handler software.
These output devices involve different font handling technology and drivers:
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