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From: roger@caen.engin.umich.edu (Roger Roberto Espinosa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: ImageWriter II Font Survey Request
Keywords: Help me stop drooling
Message-ID: <446c8c26.1028e@hickory.engin.umich.edu>
Date: 14 Jul 89 04:00:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: U of M Engineering, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Hi, everybody!

I know there are a lot of fonts out there for the trusty old ImageWriter II,
but I don't really feel like buying them all just to try 'em out.  My needs
are fairly simple: I want a font that, in size, is somewhere between Times 12
and New York 12, that looks in this "serif" kind of style, and that looks
*good* when printed on paper.  I would like it also to have all the special
option-characters that Times has, but New York lacks.

I've tried Boston II, but found it very large in 12-point mode.  I don't
remember if it has a 20-point font so that 10-point will print nicely.  

I really would like to print nice output (for myself) that I like to read:
I previously was using WordPerfect which did an amazingly horrible job of
printing Times 12.  MacWrite II did a little better, but WriteNow (my
current processor) prints fonts the best, it seems, although I can't understand
why.

Well, I'll try Boston II again, but if anyone out there has any experience
with serif-like fonts that aren't *too* big (I like fitting lots of information
on one line), please e-mail responses to me (roger@caen.engin.umich.edu).  
I don't care if it's shareware, or commercial.  Maybe I can send you a 
SASE and you can send me back a printed copy of the font.  I'd be grateful.

BTW, will System 7.0's outline fonts make the IW II print any better? OR
do I have to start saving for memory *and* a new printer?

Oh well.

Thanks,
 Roger Espinosa
 roger@caen.engin.umich.edu