How to print in a non-TT font?

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Gryzor

Hello ppl... I hope you can help me with as you have helped me in the past,
and for which help I'm really grateful.

I'm using a specific monospace font in Excel which is not truetype or
opentype but a .fon one. While I can use it on screen, Excel won't let me
print with it. Any ideas how to solve this?

Cheers
Th
 
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Dave Peterson

No idea, but I just tried Courier (not Courier New) and xl let me print.

Any chance there's a printer property that's causing the trouble?

When you select a cell, then Format|cells|Font tab, and select that font, what
kind of message do you get at the bottom of the dialog.

When I used Courier, I got something like:

"This is printer resident font. The image on screen may not exactly match the
printed output."

Maybe that message will provide a clue????

And if you share the name of the font (and it's pretty common), maybe someone
will jump in the real solution.
 
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Gryzor

Hello Dave, and thanks for your reply.

The font I'm trying to use is a certainly not very popular one, Sheldon and
Sheldon Narrow. The message on the Font tab reads the familiar:

"This font style is imitated for the display. The closest matching style
will be used for printing."

Darn...

Thanks anyway,
Th
 
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