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From: bb@wjh12.harvard.edu (Brent Byer)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: Wanted - Opinion of Optima Font w/LJ-III/PS/RET
Message-ID: <563@wjh12.harvard.edu>
Date: 10 Nov 90 15:28:48 GMT
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Reply-To: bb@wjh12.UUCP (Brent Byer)
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In article <11175@goofy.Apple.COM> singer@apple.com (Dave Singer) writes:
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>Many people feel that 300dpi printers do terrible things to Optima -- the 
>gentle concave sections end up with a very obvious step in them, and much 
>of the elegance and subtlety of the design is lost.  ...

This was my impression of the HP/Bitstream rendition of
Optima (aka "Zapf Humanist") as a LaserJet SoftFont family.
I had long ago developed a fondness for Optima when I played
with phototypesetters.

Has anyone used (either of) Adobe's Optima families on a LaserJet III
with HP's (Adobe-licensed) PS cartridge, and *with RET enabled* ?
Does it meet your critical expectations?

[ I have been *very* impressed with the effectiveness of the RET
  (Resolution Enancement Technology) (tm); also, it is a "neat hack". ]

Please let me know; I dislike blind decisions.

Thanks,
  Brent Byer   ( bb@wjh12.harvard.edu )