Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!motcid!derosa
From: derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: ATM 2.0 Information
Message-ID: <4682@crystal9.UUCP>
Date: 26 Sep 90 15:53:04 GMT
References: <4626@zircon.UUCP> <30880001@hplred.HP.COM>
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL
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lecocq@hplred.HP.COM (Christian LeCocq) writes:

>> Font Pack 3	$116	6 font families
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^ ????

>I have seen that one only once, mentioned in a mail order catalog, 
>and I never saw it in any of the stores I usually shop at. 
>What are the fonts in that package ?
>Thanks,

Included in the Font Pack 3 are:

Adobe Garamond Regular and Italic 
Adobe Garamond Semibold and Italic
Helvetica Light and Light Oblique 
Helvetica Black and Black Obligue
Helvetica Compressed
Tekton and Tekton Oblique

NOTE: all bit maps come in 10, 12, 14 and 18 point.  This is 
      something I don't understand.  If you are using ATM, you
      could get by with only one point size (or is it no bit maps
      at all....no, you need at least one, the manual says so...
      if you didn't have any bit maps, the font would not show
      up in any font menu {sorry for the mental digression}).

      Adobe could save some $$$ by only including one bit mapped
      font size.  Wait...important brain flash...the more bit maps
      the faster that ATM will be.  That is because ATM will need to 
      build that many less fonts for the screen.  ATM checks for a 
      bitmap prior to building the screen font from the outline font.

QUESTION 1 - Does ATM build a screen font for every size of a particular
      font that is currently needed or does it only need to bring into
      memory the outline font and then rapidly build the different sizes?

QUESTION 2 - What is the difference between Italic 
      and Oblique, technically speaking?

QUESTION 3 - Why isn't the portable called a transportable?  It 
      should come with wheels.