Xref: utzoo comp.lang.postscript:6889 comp.fonts:1693 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!kibo From: kibo@pawl.rpi.edu (James 'Kibo' Parry) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript,comp.fonts Subject: Adobe Courier versions Message-ID: <}X}^8==@rpi.edu> Date: 1 Dec 90 06:57:56 GMT Organization: RPi, Troy, NY Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: pawl19.pawl.rpi.edu [] When I got Adobe Type Manager 2.0 for my Macintosh, I was surprised to see (when printing fonts very large) that the included Courier font had slab serifs with _square_ ends, as opposed to the rounded ones commonly found on PostScript printers. Was this change just an aesthetic choice by Adobe's designers, or was there a technical reason? (I believe I've heard that the Courier in PostScript printers is a stroked font. Since ATM uses only Type 1 fonts, which are outlines, I imagine Courier has been redrawn. Still, is there a reason it wasn't drawn with rounded serifs?) My Courier outline font file is "Version 002.002". -- James "Kibo" Parry kibo@rpi.edu 132 Beacon St. #213, Boston, MA 02116 (617) 262-3922 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com