Printing directly from Google Docs has the font screwed up

If, on either Linux or Windows, I print *directly* from Google Docs
to my HP laserjet, often the fonts are messed up, even though the
document inside of Google Docs "looks" just fine.

However, if I first *save* the Google Doc file to PDF, and *then*
print from the PDF, the fonts are fine.

Any idea how to "fix" Google Docs so fonts print like they show up?

On 25/11/2015 01:29, Vincent Cheng Hoi Chuen wrote:
If, on either Linux or Windows, I print *directly* from Google Docs
to my HP laserjet, often the fonts are messed up, even though the
document inside of Google Docs "looks" just fine.

However, if I first *save* the Google Doc file to PDF, and *then*
print from the PDF, the fonts are fine.

Any idea how to "fix" Google Docs so fonts print like they show up?


The fix is to make sure your system has got the fonts used in the
document. By creating the pdf file, you are embedding the fonts in the
document itself so they would print right but using the Google doc, the
fonts are not embedded in the document itself (to make the files smaller).

Do you know which fonts you are using in the document? If so, check
that you have that font on your windows system. As Linux, forget about
it; People don't waste time making fonts for Linux because there is no
money to be made so you need to find a workaround by asking some jobless
Linux junky hanging around on Windows 10 newsgroup.

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On Wed, 25 Nov 2015 01:29:19 +0000, Vincent Cheng Hoi Chuen wrote:

If, on either Linux or Windows, I print *directly* from Google Docs
to my HP laserjet, often the fonts are messed up, even though the
document inside of Google Docs "looks" just fine.

However, if I first *save* the Google Doc file to PDF, and *then*
print from the PDF, the fonts are fine.

Any idea how to "fix" Google Docs so fonts print like they show up?

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/docs

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Wildman wrote in
:

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/docs

Based on that forum, it's apparently impossible to print correctly
because the fonts are all substituted wrong. Sigh.

When I print to a PDF, for example, there is a button to set the PDF up.
In there it has a checkbox to use the doc fonts or system fonts.
Does the driver for the HP have any such font adjustment capability or
should you have purchased a better printer?
(Sorry, but I spent my life around HP printers at work and would never
buy one for myself).


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On 11/24/2015 8:29 PM, Vincent Cheng Hoi Chuen wrote:
If, on either Linux or Windows, I print *directly* from Google Docs
to my HP laserjet, often the fonts are messed up, even though the
document inside of Google Docs "looks" just fine.

However, if I first *save* the Google Doc file to PDF, and *then*
print from the PDF, the fonts are fine.

Any idea how to "fix" Google Docs so fonts print like they show up?

One of the possible options is to print in graphics mode instead of
a more normal mode. Many of the HP lasers can use built in fonts.
If they are one to one with the fonts used by Google Docs, Ok.
But if not you may have to change the printer default font, or
as i said, print in graphics mode. If you happen to be printing
in a language other than English, that adds another variable.

Vincent Cheng Hoi Chuen wrote:
If, on either Linux or Windows, I print *directly* from Google Docs
to my HP laserjet, often the fonts are messed up, even though the
document inside of Google Docs "looks" just fine.

However, if I first *save* the Google Doc file to PDF, and *then*
print from the PDF, the fonts are fine.

Any idea how to "fix" Google Docs so fonts print like they show up?

Printing from googledocs depends on which browser you are accessing with.

If your browser is such as Firefox, google advises you to save/download
the file in one of its formats; .docx, .odt, .rtf, .pdf, txt, or .html
and open it with the appropriate app and print it.

However, if your browser is such as Chrome, you can print it directly.

https://support.google.com/docs/answer/143346?hl=en If you want a hard
copy of Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides, you can print them directly from
Chrome and using the mobile apps, or from a PDF using any other computer
browser.

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