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From: mel@fleet.UUCP (mel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: ATM (Adobe Type Manager) Problems
Keywords: Adobe ATM Type
Message-ID: <46@fleet.UUCP>
Date: 17 Oct 89 07:28:16 GMT
References: <45@fleet.UUCP> <1321@adobe.UUCP>
Reply-To: mel@.UUCP ()
Organization: Fleet Parts & Equipment, Inc.
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In article <1321@adobe.UUCP> bezanson@adobe.UUCP (Brian Bezanson) writes:
>In article <45@fleet.UUCP> mel@fleet.UUCP (mel) writes:
>>While our user group was given a preview of ATM (Adobe Type Manager) we
>>noticed that type had somewhat irregular spacing between letters in all
>>of the word processors that we tested it with.  The same text placed into
>>Pagemaker looked fine.  Printed output did reflect the same spacing
>
>  This isn't a problem of ATM, but more a limitation on applications. If you
>use programs like FullWrite, PageMaker, WriteNow, XPress, MacWrite II 1.1,
>Word 4 (except on the imagewriter), and a few others that use fractional
>width spacing (recommended by Apple since the MacPlus first appeared), 
>everything looks great. Older versions of Word, Write, MORE II, etc... don't
>use fractional widths and rely on a simpler placement of text. If you take a

Brian, I did use several of those supposedly ATM compatible programs such
as Write Now, and Word 4.0.  It was on these that the irregular spacing was
the most noticeable.  Word does have a fractional spacing option only when
the LaserWriter driver is selected under the Page Setup menu.  What about
the imagewriter driver?  There is no fractional selection for it.  Write Now
gives you no option to switch fractional spacing on/off and the display
of many Adobe fonts to the sreen and printer was less than impressive with
those unsightly wide gaps between numerious "character pairs". 

And even in Word 4.0 with the LaserWriter driver selected and fractional
spacing on the display/output was inferior to that of Pagemaker. Perhaps
the way these manufactures wrote their spacing algorithms doesn't follow
all of Apple rules?

I love ATM but this irregular spacing could very well be the fly in the
ointment that may spoil the goods for alot of folks.

Mel Shear
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