Postscript vs. Default Fonts

Am I correct in assuming that most printing companies and service bureaus need
Postscript fonts to output that particular font in a job? And most fonts that
come pre-loaded into programs are non-postscript fonts so they would only be
able to be seen on your computer screen and only be able to print to most
desktop printers that do not require postscript fonts to print?

Are any fonts that come with the programs postscript? I would guess the default
font (Myriad for Illustrator and Times New Roman for Indesign) is postscript
because that is what prints if someone uses a non-postscript font and then sends
their job to a print company to output and they need postscript fonts to print
through their rip process.

PS: I realize that someone can "outline" fonts and essentially turn
them into images but this would swell the file size.

And finally, are most OTF postscript or not?

I would appreciate your comments. Thanks.

      Am I correct in assuming that most printing companies and service bureaus
      need Postscript fonts to output that particular font in a job?




Not necessarily. They can use PostScript Type 1, TrueType and OpenType fonts.

      Are any fonts that come with the programs postscript?

Go to this page:

 <http://www.adobe.com/type/index.html>

and click on "View the Open Type Tour".

Note that some prepress houses insist upon PostScript fonts because of "old
wives' tales" about font compatibility -- or they haven't updated their
rips and cannot handle today's technologies. Any modern facility should be able
to handle PostScript (Type 1), TrueType, and OpenType, as long as the fonts are
legitimate and properly constructed. If not, look elsewhere.