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Some of the characters don print right or they are replaced with rectangles, whats up?

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Some of the characters don print right or they are replaced with rectangles, whats up?

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Some of the lettering fonts do not have full punctuation or accents. If the font does not have a given character, you may get all sorts of strange things when you try to print that character. This is just your printer doing what printers are suppose to do. On the other hand, some of the artwork fonts are very detailed and they may tax older computers or printers. When your computer or printer runs out of memory it may mess up printing a character or replace it with a rectangle. Here are a few tips: one, the larger the font size, the more taxing it is on your system. Two, when you are just on the verge of having a problem, sometimes you can eliminate it by shifting up or down one or two point sizes. Three, if the TrueType version of the font gives you troubles, try switching to the Postscript version, likewise, if the Postscript version gives you troubles, try switching to TrueType. Note, when you change formats, be sure to remove the older format of the given font, then restart your co

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