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From: henry@angel.Eng.Sun.COM (Henry McGilton)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: Looking for fonts...
Summary: Adobe have them.  Font and Function
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Date: 25 Oct 90 22:43:53 GMT
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In article <1395@carol.fwi.uva.nl>, freek@fwi.uva.nl (Freek Wiedijk) writes:
    *  I'm looking for the following typefaces in
    *  (preferably hinted) Postscript form.
	*  Times		Garamond 	  Baskerville		Bembo
	*  Bodoni		Univers 	  Gill Sans
    *  I have _no_ idea what are the names of the big type
    *  foundries in this context.
I don't have my Adobe Font and Function catalog in front of me right
at this moment, but, I am fairly sure that Adobe have all of these
fonts, in at least one rendition each.  As for their derivations:

    Times -- Both Linotype and Monotype have a rendition of
	    Times.  I don't know which of them Adobe sell.
	    Why anyone would want times is a mystery to me anyway.
    Garamond -- Adobe sell ITC (Stempel?) Garamond, Garamond-3, and
		Adobe Garamond.  Personally I think that Adobe
		Garamond is the best.  I think that the Stempel
		Garamond is too heavy.  But that's solipsism.
    Bembo -- from Monotype.
    Gill Sans -- from Monotype.
    Can't remember the others.

    *  I _do_ know that some of these typefaces have multiple
    *  "implementations", e.g.  even Adobe sells a number of
    *  "Garamonds".  So, how do I find out what the best
    *  variant of each of these fonts is?
The `best' variation of a font is what you like, or what your
designer likes.  It's very subjective.  Get Adobe's Font and
Function catalog.  Plus find type catalogs from your bookstore.

	........  Henry