Re: Zapf Dingbats & Windows 2000

["Dov Isaacs" <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

The problem with Zapf Dingbats appears to be internal to
Windows 2000. We will be working with Microsoft to try to
get a fix.

        - Dov


At 3/19/2001 06:47 AM, Thomas Michanek wrote:
>Dov (and framers),
>
>Thanks for your reply regarding AdobePS and Windows 2000.
>I have a more serious problem with FM and Windows 2000.
>
>In late November, Dov Isaacs posted an explanation of the
>problem with Zapf Dingbats displaying incorrectly on a
>Windows 2000 system:
>
>> There appears to be a problem under Windows 2000 in which characters
>> chosen from the ITC Zapf Dingbats font display in the TrueType
>> WingDings font on the screen, but print OK to PostScript printers
>> and generate correct PDF files.
>> Adobe is investigating the problem and a possible solution. In the
>> interim, I recommend the following workaround that so far appears to
>> work without any problems.
>> Acrobat 4.0x and Acrobat Reader 4.0x include their own copy of the
>> ITC Zapf Dingbat font. The .PFM file in Acrobat for ITC Zapf Dingbats
>> seems to "fix" the problem for the system. Use the following procedure
>> to use that PFM file instead of that currently used by the system:
>
>Unfortunately, the procedure to replace the ZD______.PFM file
>with the one from the Acrobat 4.05 installation does not work
>for me and a fellow Windows 2000 user. We followed the
>instructions verbatim and rebooted.
>
>Does Adobe have a permanent solution or another workaround?
>Have any other framers solved this in a different way?
>
>
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