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From: jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (George Jefferson )
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Subject: Re: ATM & Deskwriter?
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Date: 19 Oct 90 14:18:02 GMT
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Reply-To: jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (George Jefferson )
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>Can anyone tell me if there are any *HUGE* advantages of using ATM with
>the Deskwriter? I just bought a DW the other day and am very pleased with
>it but miss the ability to scale fonts above 24 point.
                                              ^^!?

The fonts that come with the DeskWriter can be scaled to 100+ points.
Your _software_ may have some limitation (or require some effort
to acess non-standard sizes) that wont go away with ATM.

The *huge* advantage of atm is the ability to use readily available 
postscript (type 1) fonts.  If you are happy with Times, Courier,
and Helvetica, then ATM is not necessary.

One advantage of the Deskwriter fonts is that they can be rotated
(at 90deg increments).


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