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From: Jens@applelink.apple.com (Jens Peter Alfke)
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Subject: Re: Postscript+PC+Printer Font Sources?
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In article <73603277@bfmny0.BFM.COM> tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) 
writes:
> Adobe will sell me fonts, but at rather expensive
> prices!  (They must know a monopoly when they see one.)

Most of the other quality font houses (Bitstream, Monotype, Agfa, etc.) 
charge similar prices. You can't get around the fact that a *good* 
digitization of a font is a labor intensive process. I used to for for a 
small font house, and we put at least a man-month into every font. Then 
consider that the typical package has 4-6 fonts and that's where your 
circa $195 list price comes from. Sure, some places sell much cheaper 
fonts but the quality and fidelity to the original suffer greatly.

--Jens Peter Alfke
  Apple Computer