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From: nelson_p@apollo.HP.COM (Peter Nelson)
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Subject: DTP fonts
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    [  My apologies for posting this to comp.sys.ibm.pc  but 
    it's an active newsgroup with a lot of interests and there
    doesn't seem to be a newsgroup for desktop publishing. ]

    A while back I bought Publish-It! for about $106 and 
    I've been having all kinds of fun with it and my HP Laser-
    jet IIP.  The package comes with a half-dozen fonts, which
    are "OK" but I would like to have at least one more like
    a Times-Roman in various point sizes.

    [ note that I am referring to a font that Publish-It! can
      use, NOT a downloadable soft-font for the printer   ]

    
    Well, I was *floored* when I saw what fonts cost.  Bitstream
    Inc, tells me that a Times-Roman will set me back some $195
    plus the cost of installation software!!!   WHY should it cost
    me twice the original cost of my DTP software, which came
    with a bunch of fonts to buy a *single* additional font?

    Could someone please explain to me the technical and economic
    issues here?   Is there some cheaper alternative that "everbody"
    knows about of which I in my innocence am unaware?
     
    Thanks in advance.

                                                ---Peter