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From: woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: treble and bass clefs
Summary: fonts
Message-ID: <1207@chinacat.Unicom.COM>
Date: 2 May 90 04:22:58 GMT
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In article <1990May1.034446.27853@ico.isc.com>, rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
> woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal) writes:
> > stone@hydra.unm.edu (Andrew Stone) writes:
> 
> 
> Sonata is only $95, and it's one of the more expensive Adobe fonts.
> 
> 
> Typical Adobe font prices are $185 for the usual matched set of four, or
> $145 for some of the mix'n'match sets of three decorative faces.  That's
> just under $50/font, and given the quality of the fonts, I think it's a
> bargain.  (If you're using them to make money, the quality matters.)


Wrong.  That is 1 font, 4 faces.  You pay $185.00 not <$50.00.
And yes, quality matters.  Currently I have no comercial use for the
fonts, I certainly could use Sonota for some Musical typesetting that I
am doing for me, but can't justify $95.00 for that.

Cheers
Woody