Adjusting the kerning changes the white space between letters; it should
not adjust the width of each letter.

I meant that each letter in her sample is narrower than the default
letters in my font file.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org 
> [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org] On Behalf Of michael mckee
> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 1:25 PM
> To: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> Subject: Re: Semi-OT: mac font check, please
> 
> 
> When you adjust the kerning you do adjust the letter spacing 
> and hence 
> the width.
> 
> In the old days, Times was the Apple standard font but with IE as the 
> default browser on Macs, Times New Roman comes installed.
> 
> 
> On Friday, June 21, 2002, at 11:17 AM, Ann Ezzell wrote:
> 
> >
> > Could someone with a Mac please look at this GIF:
> >
> > http://208.254.3.84/font_check.gif
> >
> > and let me know if the typeface used for Equine Energies is 
> a standard
> > width Times New Roman?
> >
> > The woman who made this (using Quark Express) insists that she used
> > "Times New Roman" and didn't change the width at all - just 
> adjusted the
> > kerning.
> >
> > I know that Mac & PC typefaces aren't exact duplicates, but 
> I have to
> > shrink the letters horizontally quite a bit to get them to match in
> > Photoshop on my PC.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > (Also - isn't the standard serif typeface for Macs called 
> "Times", not
> > "Times New Roman"?)
> >
> 
> 

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