Bottom of text missing on printouts

[Mike H]

The descenders are being cut off when previewing and printing. It only happens to some fonts. When using the same fonts in other software I don't have this problem. So the problem must be with FMP and not the font.

Does anyone have an answer?

Thanks

Mike

[Kurt Knippel]

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Originally posted by Mike H:

The descenders are being cut off when previewing and printing. It only happens to some fonts. When using the same fonts in other software I don't have this problem. So the problem must be with FMP and not the font.

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Give yourself some extra space at the bottoms of you fields and layout parts. This will not affect the performance at all, but will give the fonts the extra space that they need.

As an example, say you have the words "William joins the party." and the font you chose needs 15 pixels above the line and 3 pixels below the line to show the entire letter. You may have created a layout object that is only 16 pixels high, but the font needs 18, FMP will simply cut off 2 pixels from the display.

This is what is happening.

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[Mike H]

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Originally posted by captkurt:

Give yourself some extra space at the bottoms of you fields and layout parts. This will not affect the performance at all, but will give the fonts the extra space that they need.

As an example, say you have the words "William joins the party." and the font you chose needs 15 pixels above the line and 3 pixels below the line to show the entire letter. You may have created a layout object that is only 16 pixels high, but the font needs 18, FMP will simply cut off 2 pixels from the display.

This is what is happening.

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I have done this and it still doesn't work. I have tried making the field bigger, the part bigger and even the line spacing bigger and it still chops off the bottom of the descenders.

Maybe I need to speak to Filemaker about it?

Thanks,

Mike

[Vaughan]

Are youy using the latest version of the OS and FileMaker Pro?

FMP updates available from http://www.filemaker.com/

[Mike H]

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Originally posted by Vaughan:

Are youy using the latest version of the OS and FileMaker Pro?

FMP updates available from

http://www.filemaker.com/

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Yes, I'm using Mac OS 9.1 and FMP unlimited 5.03.

[birdman]

Was the text entered directly in FM or imported from some other software?

[Mike H]

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Originally posted by birdman:

Was the text entered directly in FM or imported from some other software?

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The text was entered into a text field in Filemaker. This isn't the only time it has happened. I've had this problem with version 3 and version 4. Previously I've told clients that I can't do anything about it - but I would like to do something about it this time. I haven't called tech support because my past experience tells me that they won't be able to help - but I may as well try them.

[BobWeaver]

You mentioned that it works OK with some fonts, and not others. What kind of fonts are the ones that don't work--Postscript, Truetype or Bitmapped?

[Mike H]

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Originally posted by BobWeaver:

You mentioned that it works OK with some fonts, and not others. What kind of fonts are the ones that don't work--Postscript, Truetype or Bitmapped?

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I'm only using Type 1 fonts.

[Vaughan]

Try turning off the "Smooth all fonts on screen" option in the MacOS Appearance control panel.

Also, look for an update to ATM.

[Mike H]

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Originally posted by Vaughan:

Try turning off the "Smooth all fonts on screen" option in the MacOS Appearance control panel.

Also, look for an update to ATM.

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I don't have the font smoothing on and I have ATM 4.6.1

[Vaughan]

I think ATM has a font smoothing option: try turning it off.

[Corys]

I have the same problem...Mainly with the font Futura Type 1. Have yet to figure out a solution...

but..your not alone.

[Mike H]

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Originally posted by Vaughan:

I think ATM has a font smoothing option: try turning it off.

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The font smoothing is switched off in ATM.

I have said in earlier posts that I don't have this problem in other software. I don't have this problem with software like Quark, Illustrator or Photoshop but in Microsoft Word, for example, I have similar problems. Is it the way that these programs handle type?

[Tombstone0]

I had a similar problem a few months ago, All I had to do was change the text alignment to center.

Hope that helps.