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From: wwtaroli@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Bill Taroli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Royal vs Adobe
Message-ID: <2868@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 9 Apr 90 18:31:35 GMT
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Reply-To: wwtaroli@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Bill Taroli)
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In article <5364@mnetor.UUCP> frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick) writes:
>In article <5363@mnetor.UUCP> frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick) writes:
>>... imagine my local Lino shop dumping their huge investment in PostScript;
>>come to think of it, I don't want to dump mine either)
>
>Incidentally, that investment includes not only typefaces, but a sizeable
>collection of drawings and documents, not to mention the software
>(will there be a Royal version of FreeHand? Illustrator?) and that
>LaserWriter in the corner. I'd give up the Mac if it suddenly left
>me stranded. (and no, I don't want a pile of translation utilities)

Well, from what I've heard about TrueType, you will not have to give up
any of the PostScript benefits that you now enjoy (i.e. Freehand, LaserWriter,
etc.).  Apple is apparently (correct me if I'm wrong, someone) working the 
"conversion" stuff into the OS.  That is, if bitmap is found use it... if 
not, check for TrueType... etc, etc.  So, PostScript stuff should (or so they
say) still work.  They were unclear on how this would affect printing on
current laserwriters... but did say that it would still work.

Mind you, I'm not holding my breath on 7.0... and I certainly will wait at
least 3 or 4 months before even considering the switchover.  Someone mentioned
the bug updates to 6.0... and I'm sure that this will continue to plague 7.0
(or any software release for that matter).

Bill Taroli
WWTAROLI@RODAN.acs.syr.edu

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