Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Path: utzoo!utgpu!tj
From: tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones)
Subject: Re: Adobe Courier versions
Message-ID: <1990Dec3.151141.9960@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Organization: UTCS Public Access
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Date: Mon, 3 Dec 90 15:11:41 GMT

I have read the discussion so far and can't stay quiet any longer.

Courier on the printer has rounded ends on the serifs. Courier
on ATM has square serifs on the ends. Courier LOOKS like a stroke
font rather than a filled font (I am NOT saying it is, I am saying it
LOOKS like it is). 

If I had to guess at the difference then I would guess that Courier is
a stroke font rather than a filled font and that the equivalent of
"1 setlinecap" is done in the printer and "2 setlinecap" is done on screen.
My guess is that setlinecap was too hard or too useless to burden ATM with
so they let Courier suffer on screen and in non-PostScript printers. I bet
they (Adobe) wouldn't loose too much sleep over Courier (my personal fav!).

tj


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