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From: clouds@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Kathy Strong)
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Subject: Re: Type Reunion opinions wanted
Summary: more good points: speed, convenience
Keywords: Type Reunion, Type Manager, Suitcase II
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Date: 15 Nov 90 15:32:41 GMT
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In article <1990Nov15.141545.15598@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> gaynor@magnus.
ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor) writes:
>
>	I've played a -lot- with Adobe Type Manager [ATM] (haven't had
>a chance to get at 2.0, though), Adobe Type Reunion [ATR] and Suitcase
>II (with associated utilities, like Font Harmony).
>
Ah, you definitely want 2.0. A noticeable increase in speed, not to mention
that Adobe is offering again their "upgrade ATM and get any font package
for $39" deal.  If anyone from Adobe is reading (hi,dkletter!) I'd like
to say thanks for that offer, and keep it up.

>	Start with Suitcase II.  Indispensable.  Period.  And one of
>the bells and whistles I find handy with Suitcase II is its ability to
>build a font menu consisting of the the actual typefaces.  (Just like
>what MacWrite II does).  It's useful for when you're just pondering
>"Hmm... what'll look good with this?"  ATR, since it completely takes
>over the font-menu creation, disables this feature in Suitcase II as
>well as MacWrite II's similar feature.  Plain Chicago font menus. Ick.
>
Ah, well... I've disabled that feature in my Suitcase because I find it of
limited usefulness (one can't REALLY tell what a font looks like from a 
12-point bitmap) and a definite drag on the speed of opening the menu :-)
Different strokes, I guess.

>	Now, Font Harmony, which comes with Suitcase II.  It combines
> [stuff omitted]
>slanted version of regular Palatino.  So, who cares?  Well, if you're
>using ATM, when you call out for a bold face or oblique, ATM builds it
>-if- you don't have the bitmap installed.  If you're impatient (like I
>am) and/or use slower Macs (like I have to) it's nice to have the bold
>and oblique bitmaps in the frequently-used 10 and 12 point sizes.
>Otherwise, you have to wait on ATM to draw the styled type.
>
Hmm. I have an SE, not exactly a speed demon, but I do have it crammed
with RAM and my font cache is around 900K. That plus ATM 2.0 has reduced
redraw time to an acceptable level for me.

I used the earliest version of Font Harmony and didn't like it all that
much, but it sounds as though it's worth a second look. Thanks for the
info, Jim!

--Kathy





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