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From: macduff@cbnewse.ATT.COM (Roger R. Espinosa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: When is Times not Times?
Summary: Times ain't Always Times
Message-ID: <813@cbnewse.ATT.COM>
Date: 29 Aug 89 20:04:31 GMT
References: <728@pmafire.UUCP> <1972@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>
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Organization: The Rabbit Corps
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In article <1972@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>, oplinger@minerva.crd.ge.com (B. S. Oplinger) writes:
> In article <728@pmafire.UUCP> geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen) writes:
> >I was making some overhead transparencies on my Mac (SE, System 6.0.2, 1
> >Meg., ImageWriter II) and formatted them in Times, 24 point.  When I got
> [ stuff deleted about system descriptions]
> >
> >So, why was Times not Times?
> >
> 
> It could be the question you want is so when is letter size not
> letter size? That is a problem I had when creating documents at
> home and then taking them to work. I was tld that the print areas
> of the Imagewriter and the LaserPrinter and for that matter the
> 
> Brian

What Brian says is a problem in switching drivers; but I think
what B.S. Oplinger is commenting is that even with the correct
drivers, 12-point Times comes out *huge* on the LaserWriter, while
it's very tiny on the Macintosh screen.  

I recently downloaded lots of screen fonts from the adobe
directly on sumex, among them was Times.  I thought I'd get
the same old Times that came with my system disk, only with
defined italics and bold faces.  HAH!  Adobe Times *is different*
from Apple Times ... it's *larger*.  I would guess that this
is the problem described above.

Just a guess.

Roger