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From: fritsch@hatteras.cs.unc.edu (Dan Fritsch)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts,comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Corel Draw fonts to Ventura fonts ???
Keywords: Fonts, Corel Draw, Ventura Publisher, DTP
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Date: 18 Dec 90 21:29:38 GMT
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In article <1990Dec18.185959.4057@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>, tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) writes:
> >Another addition you may find useful is the ability to create custom
> >fonts that can be used like any other CD font (and can also be converted
> >to Adobe Type 1 format). In fact, you can import a Type 1 font, convert 
> >the characters to curves, and export the altered characters as a new
> >Type 1 font. So Corel Draw can now be used as a Postscript font editor.
> 
> Hmmm... While I will agree that you can import the Type 1 font with
> Corel wfnboss then convert to curves and manipulate it, I don't know
> that you can save it as a font anymore unless there is a MAJOR new
> feature in Corel Draw 2.0!! 
>
YES! It is a major new feature. You'll find that the program has
undergone a substantial revision. That's why they're raising the
price of the new version by $100.00. It's well worth it though, if
only for the new font capibilities.

 
  Dan Fritsch			(fritsch@cs.unc.edu)
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill