W2004 doesn't substitute bold face (etc.)

[Guest]

Greetings!

I'm using Word 2004 in OS X 10.4.2, with the Windows TTF of Times New
Roman as my main font (for compatibility reasons). All 4 weights are
properly installed, and work fine if I select them directly from the
font menu. However, if I merely stay in the roman face of TNR and hit
Bold (Command-B or any other way of selecting it), I get a clunky, ugly
bold face. I can do a search/replace and fix this before printing, but I
shouldn't have to. In BOTH tabs in Autocorrect I have "Replace 'bold'
and 'italic' with real formatting" selected. As far as I'm concerned,
that ought to avoid the behavior I am reporting.

Interestingly, if I move a document to a different computer with the
SAME ttf font installed and the SAME autocorrect settings, it correctly
substitutes the real bold font, both on the screen and in printing.

Any thoughts on how to fix this on my main computer, where the problem
manifests itself? Thanks in advance!

George

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

George:

The computer exhibiting the problem has a bad font in the chain.

Chances are, it's another copy of TNR of a different version. It may be the
Mac version of "Times".

Either way, if you can find out what font Word has in use for the ugly
version, that will give you a clue. The way a Unicode font works, if the
glyphs concerned can't be found in the specified font, the system calls in
the nearest available font that goes have the glyphs. This is obviously
"not" TNR (or at least, not the version you were expecting) on the bad
computer.

Cheers

Greetings!

I'm using Word 2004 in OS X 10.4.2, with the Windows TTF of Times New
Roman as my main font (for compatibility reasons). All 4 weights are
properly installed, and work fine if I select them directly from the
font menu. However, if I merely stay in the roman face of TNR and hit
Bold (Command-B or any other way of selecting it), I get a clunky, ugly
bold face. I can do a search/replace and fix this before printing, but I
shouldn't have to. In BOTH tabs in Autocorrect I have "Replace 'bold'
and 'italic' with real formatting" selected. As far as I'm concerned,
that ought to avoid the behavior I am reporting.

Interestingly, if I move a document to a different computer with the
SAME ttf font installed and the SAME autocorrect settings, it correctly
substitutes the real bold font, both on the screen and in printing.

Any thoughts on how to fix this on my main computer, where the problem
manifests itself? Thanks in advance!

George

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