As a rule of thumb, any font created before the mid-1990s may have been revised. Tell the font-mapping dialog box to substitute the unknown font in the file with its counterpart on your system. It's also a good idea to contact the font companies-most offer an inexpensive or free upgrade. The culprit is often the default option Use Symbol Font For Special Characters in PageMaker's Print Options dialog box. This setting determines whether the characters designed in a font will print or be replaced by a generic character from the Symbol font.
Solution Turn the option off.
If you want to use Symbol or another symbol font, you should apply those fonts explicitly to selected text. Then it should print correctly. You place an EPS file in a page-layout document, and the fonts print in Courier. Solution Manually download the EPS font to the printer or image-setter before outputting the file. For logos or other graphics that are used by many people outside your control, convert the fonts to paths in Adobe Illustrator or Micromedia FreeHand.