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From: ms33@prism.gatech.EDU (Mike Sullivan,  a.k.a. Sully)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Soft fonts for 3.0
Message-ID: <17702@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 28 Nov 90 15:10:45 GMT
References: <28452@usc>
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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In article <28452@usc> rpinder@phad.hsc.usc.edu (Rich Pinder) writes:
>I am looking for soft fonts that work with Windows 3.0. ...
>
>I need to get the following fonts:
>	Helvetica	8,10,12,14
>	Courier		9
>	TmsRoman	8,10,12,14

Rich, I have a psuedo-answer for you and a question to Net-land in
addition.  I too am looking for soft font Packages.  I have a HP
Laserjet II, and have narrowed the search down to MoreFonts or
SuperPrint.  (I am not sure if MoreFonts supplies courier thought :-(
).  This is what I know of the two packages:

    MoreFonts:
       (I am relating what I have read from promotional documentation)
       Supplies 17 typefaces,
          3 sets of 4 (normal, bold, italic, italic bold)
              Their version of Helvitica, TmsRoman, LetterGothic
          5 sets of 1 (normal only)
              Their version of Broadway, CooperBlack, Coronet, 
              Univ.Roman, and Bodini Bold.
       Has Special effects
       Will create a soft font bitmap and store it, or create the 
         soft font real-time and download it as needed.

    SuperPrint:
       (I am relating what I was told by a salesman)
       It comes with a reasonable set of soft fonts.
       It takes Bitstream fonts (which makes it VERY expandable)
       It does not create softfonts, instead it creates a bitmap of 
          each page.
       It supposedly works FAST. (Seems contrary to downloading a bitmap :-)

Does anyone out there have any experience with either too packages?
Has anyone looked at both???  Looking at the documentation, I think
that MoreFonts is what I want.  Listening to the Salesperson, Superprint
is what I want.

If there is interest, I will post a summary of mail, post, and what I find
out on my own.

Mike Sullivan

One of many Michael P. Sullivans, my views are expressly my own, and are not 
endorsed by my boss, fellow workers, or any other Mike Sullivan. :-)
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