One of my major problems with Linux as a desktop is that What You See Is Not What You Get When You Print It (WYSINWYGWYPI)! Unless I have missed something very important, ghostscript doesn't access the same font set as the XServer does. I have installed a TrueType supporting XServer and the screen now looks great, but printing things is a lottery. Ghostscript appears to access it's own fonts and chooses it's best match when a printout is required from an application. If the application is using an unusual font, the printed output looks nothing like the screen. Have I missed something important, or is this the case? If I'm right, is there some sort of system -- either existing or in development -- which will tie up screen fonts with printer fonts (preferably supporting TTFs)?
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fountai@hursley.ibm.com