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From: frotz@drivax.UUCP (Frotz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: GEM Artline problems?
Keywords: DR GEM etc
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Date: 30 Oct 89 22:21:20 GMT
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ianking@tcom.stc.co.uk (Ian King) writes:

>Has anybody used Digital Research's GEM Artline in anger?. I've got a
>problem with it. If I do a drawing in GEM Draw & print said file out
>on my HP LaserJet II I get a perfect printout.

GEM Draw Plus uses an older .GEM (Metafile) format.  One that does not
support Bezier curves.  This older format is still readable by
programs that have bezier support. 

>Now I now run Artline & read the same file (which now makes it
>un-readable by GEM Draw because of the changes made to the .GEM format
>to support bezier(?) curves).

Undocumented rule #1: GEM Draw .GEM files != GEM Artline .GEM files;-<
Any action of importation should be regarded as just that.  There
is no reverse migration;-(

>I now print the same file out on the LaserJet.

Question: Are you using a Bitmap LJ II driver or a Soft Font LJ II
driver? 

Suggestion: If you do not have a great deal of text, try editing the
text and see if any garbage has introduced by Artline. 

Suggestion: Change the font to Bit-Stream-Charter.  This is by far the
best font choice under Artline.  The best [default] font choice under
Draw Plus is probably Swiss or Dutch (depending on your preference). 

>If you compare the two print-outs, the text on the Artline one has got 
>sort of ragged edges ie the curves to the text chars are not smooth. The
>GEM Draw one is perfect.

>Oh I installed both packages as per the Manual. Its annoying because
>Artline can do all sorts of things with Text chars but the printout
>is lousy.

Sometimes...;-{

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