Instead of using spaces, use tab stops, indentation markers, and other features to align text. Fonts can also be divided into scaleable, printer, and soft fonts. Scaleable fonts, such as the popular TrueType fonts, are rendered by applying a fancy mathematical algorithm to represent each character. This allows the fonts to be used at any point size with uniform quality. These fonts are actually printed as graphics and therefore can be printed on any printer that can support graphics.
Printer fonts are the default fonts that come already installed with the printer.
Other fonts can be used by downloading soft fonts. If there is the possiblity that fonts used in the document are not going to be available on another printer, techniques such as embedding or substituting can be used. Check out the online help for more information about this. This page maintained by the Office of Information Technology Help Desk.