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From: starta@tosh.UUCP (John Starta)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: Questions about Adobe Type Manager on the Mac
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Date: 23 Jul 90 18:06:45 GMT
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kibo@pawl15.pawl.rpi.edu (James 'Kibo' Parry) writes:

> 	1.)  What sort of fonts does ATM use?  Does it require special
> just-for-ATM Adobe fonts, or can it load normal Adobe Type 1s?  (How
> about plain Type 3s, and Image Club fonts?)

ATM requires that you use Adobe Type 1 fonts. Type 3 fonts do not work, and 
I don't know about Image Club fonts (they are Type 3, aren't they?). I seem
to recall that Image Club has a new font conversation utility out for their
fonts but I can't be certain of that. I would call them direct if you have
a large investment in theirs.
 
> 	2.)  Does ATM allow you to print the fonts on non-PostScript printers?
 
Yes, besides the improvement on the screen, ATM was designed for use with 
non-postscript printers.
 
> 	3.)  How much memory does ATM use?  (I.e. would I have plenty of
> room left over if I used it with PageMaker or Illustrator 88, etc.?)
 
That depends on a number of different things. If you are going to be running 
it under MultiFinder with PageMaker and Illustrator loaded, then you'll need 
at least five megabytes of RAM (actually, the more the better). On the other 
hand, if you are running only one [at a time], you can probably get away 
with two megabytes of RAM. I would feel safer with five though.

John