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From: bezanson@adobe.COM (Brian Bezanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: DeskWriter Questions
Message-ID: <1093@adobe.UUCP>
Date: 21 Aug 89 17:00:39 GMT
References: <158@runxtsa.runx.oz>
Reply-To: bezanson@adobe.UUCP (Brian Bezanson)
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View
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In article <158@runxtsa.runx.oz> clubmac@runx.oz (Macintosh Users Group) writes:
>1) Will the DeskWriter use Outline fonts (ala System 7.0) when they are 
>   released by Apple?
  Maybe, ask HP and Apple - otherwise I won't comment much here :-)

>2) Can you convert Postscript fonts to the Intellifont format used by HP?
  WHy would you want to (another :-). If you've looked at MacWeek or read the
posting by David Gelphman last week, you may know that Adobe has been showing
and using the Adobe Type Manager (available October) to use Outline Type 1
PostScript fonts to show perfect screen fonts (no jaggies) and to print them
on any output device in maximum resolution. So if you have an ImageWriter,
LaserWriter SC, DeskWriter - then you'll be blown away. Take any font from
the Adobe library (or our other vendors using Adobe's font building technology),
and print it - straight, rotated, whatever - and you'll like the results. It
turns an imagewriter into a great looking printer for fonts. ATM will also
be great for those using slide makers, and other output devices.
  So what is all this saying - go see ATM when it comes out. At $99 retail,
it should be a great Christmas buy.

>Thanks in advance,
>| Jason Haines                                                                |
>| President, Club Mac - Australia's Largest Macintosh Users Group             |

No problem, but remember I'm biased. For an unbiased opinion, look at MacWeek
and Jonathan Seybold's comment that said "If Apple technology is not significantly better than Adobe [technology], users are better off with [ATM],".

Personal opinions all mine,

Brian Bezanson
Adobe Systems Incorporated