fonts show bold only in Pub. and Excel, ok in Word

[ks_paper]

Several fonts, Boquet and Yorkshire among others, show bold only in Publisher
and Excel (03 or 07) but have bold and non-bold in Word. Italics and
underline work as expected. Both are truetype, different developers. I don't
know how many others, just using these as examples.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Fonts are only as good as the developer that makes them. If these are free
fonts, no doubt you received what you paid for.
The only Yorkshire font I have run across is more like a dingbat.

 

[ks_paper]

Are there particular criteria that would make them work in Word and not in
Publisher? Any particular specifications that I could watch for to identify
quality fonts that would work? That might be too easy.

 

[Mary Sauer]

There are many, many quality fonts out there. There is a newsgroup devoted to
fonts.
alt.binaries.fonts

Do these fonts print bold? Publisher will make any font bold even though there
isn't a corresponding bold font in the font folder. You have to be careful when
you faux bold a font when you convert your publication into a PDF.

You might get some ideas from the Microsoft Typography web site.
http://www.ascendercorp.com/msfonts/msfonts_productlist.html

 

[ks_paper]

Thanks for the newgroup. These fonts will print bold. They work well in Word,
bold and non-bold, and print accordingly. That's what seemed odd, working in
Word but not Publisher. In Publisher you get only the Bold font. I appreciate
the answers.

 

[Mary Sauer]

I have no answer for you. Maybe re-installing the font?
How does the Yorkshire font do as WordArt?

 

[ks_paper]

Reinstalled the fonts. Same as before. Same action on multiple computers
also. They act the same in Wordart. I did notice on reinstalling that these
are OLD fonts. Copyrights in 93 and 94. I'm sure font creation has evolved
much since then.