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From: bezanson@adobe.COM (Brian Bezanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Adobe screen fonts (was Re: Printing On a LaserWriter -- hints)
Message-ID: <1148@adobe.UUCP>
Date: 5 Sep 89 23:36:39 GMT
References: <20982.24F8D5E1@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> <697@anagld.UUCP> <123914@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <945@mrsvr.UUCP> <733@pmafire.UUCP> <735@pmafire.UUCP>
Reply-To: bezanson@adobe.UUCP (Brian Bezanson)
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View
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In article <735@pmafire.UUCP> geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen) writes:
>Are Adobe's screen fonts freely distributed?  I would have expected it
>to be tougher to get them than CompuServe or FTP.

Most of the Adobe Bitmaps (Screen Fonts) are available from CompuServe
and Service Bureaus, plus places like some FTP sites, PPA, and the 'Right
Stuffed' CD-ROM - and probably a few others.

Some bitmaps can't be distributed because of the licensing agreements.
Again, screen fonts (most) are freely distributed because you can't do much with
them alone, except set up documents. That's why service bureaus give them away-
knowing that to print the document you'll have to come back to them.

Hope the information helps.

Brian Bezanson
Adobe Systems