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From: baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten)
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Subject: Re: Type Reunion opinions wanted
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Date: 15 Nov 90 23:11:27 GMT
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In-reply-to: clouds@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Kathy Strong)

In article <39731@ut-emx.uucp>, clouds@ccwf (Kathy Strong) writes:
>[...] the only fonts that Type Reunion will assign submenus to are the ones
>that DON'T follow the "standard four"--Eras, for example, which comes in
>(I believe) Light, Book, Medium, Demi, Bold, and Ultra. Or Futura and 
>Futura Condensed. The big font families are the ones that Type Reunion was
>created to handle.

This convinces me, since that's exactly my situation.  As long as I
can continue to use the choices in the Mac's Style menus for the
standard fonts, I don't lose anything, and Type Reunion will eliminate
the need for head scratching when it comes time to figure out just
what Font Harmony has helpfully harmonized for me...  :-)

Actually, I've been using Font Harmony for a long while now, and I'd
say that as long as you don't start using fonts with "Demi", "Book",
"Light", etc., styles, it's all you need.

Also, the summary from those who emailed their opinions to me was
strongly positive.  So it looks like I'll be getting it sometime soon.

Thanks, one and all, for the opinions, hints and suggestions.

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