Re: tk 8.5 vs 8.4: "font actual" differences

* "MartinLemburg@Siemens-PLM" <martin.lemburg.siemens-plm@xxxxxxx>
| As example ... I have no font named "Helvetica" on my machine, so
| ...

How do I tell?
xlsfonts | grep -i helvetica
shows 560 lines, eg:
-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--8-80-75-75-p-46-iso8859-1

So I think I really have an Helvetice in some variant.

| Is it possible to tell in Postscript to download a font, not present
| on the printer to get used? Or is the printer device is configured
| to do NOT download fonts for usage, if not present?

Well, this would mean that the canvas would have to include the
relevant fonts if *not* using one of the standard Postscript fonts.
I don't think this is the way to go...

R'
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