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Old September 29th, 2009, 06:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.publisher
Debencore
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Default font character spacing wonky in Publisher 2007?

I have a font which certain characters are too widely spaced in Publisher
2007. The font works fine in MS Word, and even in MS Pub Word Art, but in a
regular text box, there's a big space between certain characters. The only
way I've been able to make it work is to adjust character spacing with
tracking manually. No fonts are embedded, I checked.

It also worked fine in Publisher 2003, which I'm strongly considering going
back to, since I have a number of existing documents using this font.

(The font is "rhythms" which is a music font for use directly in documents.
It does have unusual spacing for a font, but what in Publisher is changing
that spacing?)
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Old September 29th, 2009, 08:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.publisher
Mary Sauer[_3_]
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Default font character spacing wonky in Publisher 2007?

It is an unusual font. How are you trying to use it? Have you tried using the
character spacing in the Format menu?
I typed the exact same letter sequence in 2003, it looks identical to 2007.

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"Debencore" wrote in message
...
I have a font which certain characters are too widely spaced in Publisher
2007. The font works fine in MS Word, and even in MS Pub Word Art, but in a
regular text box, there's a big space between certain characters. The only
way I've been able to make it work is to adjust character spacing with
tracking manually. No fonts are embedded, I checked.

It also worked fine in Publisher 2003, which I'm strongly considering going
back to, since I have a number of existing documents using this font.

(The font is "rhythms" which is a music font for use directly in documents.
It does have unusual spacing for a font, but what in Publisher is changing
that spacing?)



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Old September 30th, 2009, 06:05 AM posted to microsoft.public.publisher
Debencore
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Default font character spacing wonky in Publisher 2007?

The "letters" that have unusual spacing are "d" "f" and "g". In music, this
makes a group of 16th notes for a rhythm example. (dffg makes a group of 4
16th notes.) As I mentioned in my original post, yes, I can manually adjust
using the character spacing (tracking) in the Format menu, though even that
seems difficult to work at times. It seems that you have to select a space
beyond the text you are trying to adjust in order to make it work.

"Mary Sauer" wrote:

It is an unusual font. How are you trying to use it? Have you tried using the
character spacing in the Format menu?
I typed the exact same letter sequence in 2003, it looks identical to 2007.

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Debencore" wrote in message
...
I have a font which certain characters are too widely spaced in Publisher
2007. The font works fine in MS Word, and even in MS Pub Word Art, but in a
regular text box, there's a big space between certain characters. The only
way I've been able to make it work is to adjust character spacing with
tracking manually. No fonts are embedded, I checked.

It also worked fine in Publisher 2003, which I'm strongly considering going
back to, since I have a number of existing documents using this font.

(The font is "rhythms" which is a music font for use directly in documents.
It does have unusual spacing for a font, but what in Publisher is changing
that spacing?)




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Old September 30th, 2009, 10:54 AM posted to microsoft.public.publisher
Mary Sauer[_3_]
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Default font character spacing wonky in Publisher 2007?

I see what you mean. I don't know the answer. If you use the cap key, the three
are spaced correctly but there are the small numbers above the notes.

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Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Debencore" wrote in message
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The "letters" that have unusual spacing are "d" "f" and "g". In music, this
makes a group of 16th notes for a rhythm example. (dffg makes a group of 4
16th notes.) As I mentioned in my original post, yes, I can manually adjust
using the character spacing (tracking) in the Format menu, though even that
seems difficult to work at times. It seems that you have to select a space
beyond the text you are trying to adjust in order to make it work.

"Mary Sauer" wrote:

It is an unusual font. How are you trying to use it? Have you tried using the
character spacing in the Format menu?
I typed the exact same letter sequence in 2003, it looks identical to 2007.

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Debencore" wrote in message
...
I have a font which certain characters are too widely spaced in Publisher
2007. The font works fine in MS Word, and even in MS Pub Word Art, but in a
regular text box, there's a big space between certain characters. The only
way I've been able to make it work is to adjust character spacing with
tracking manually. No fonts are embedded, I checked.

It also worked fine in Publisher 2003, which I'm strongly considering going
back to, since I have a number of existing documents using this font.

(The font is "rhythms" which is a music font for use directly in documents.
It does have unusual spacing for a font, but what in Publisher is changing
that spacing?)






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Old September 30th, 2009, 11:08 PM posted to microsoft.public.publisher
Ed Bennett
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Default font character spacing wonky in Publisher 2007?

Debencore wrote:
I have a font which certain characters are too widely spaced in Publisher
2007. The font works fine in MS Word, and even in MS Pub Word Art, but in a
regular text box, there's a big space between certain characters. The only
way I've been able to make it work is to adjust character spacing with
tracking manually. No fonts are embedded, I checked.


Have you tried turning off kerning?

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Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
http://ed.mvps.org
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Old October 1st, 2009, 05:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.publisher
Debencore
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Default font character spacing wonky in Publisher 2007?

Yes, I tried that, and turning off kerning makes no difference.

"Ed Bennett" wrote:

Debencore wrote:
I have a font which certain characters are too widely spaced in Publisher
2007. The font works fine in MS Word, and even in MS Pub Word Art, but in a
regular text box, there's a big space between certain characters. The only
way I've been able to make it work is to adjust character spacing with
tracking manually. No fonts are embedded, I checked.


Have you tried turning off kerning?

--
Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
http://ed.mvps.org

 




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