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From: v065gza5@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Lenny Ashley Shields)
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Subject: Re: Type-2 fonts (dumb question)
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Date: 2 Apr 91 13:04:03 GMT
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In article <10793@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, tut@cairo.Eng.Sun.COM (Bill "Bill" Tuthill) writes...
>I've heard of Adobe Type-1 and Type-3 fonts, but whatever happened
>to Type-2 fonts?

What is a type-1 or type-3 font either.  I just know of the 
regular Adobe fonts, courier, helvetica, century schoolbook, 
times-roman and etc.  i was not aware that they are classified 
into different groups.  could someone please explain the 
differences.  Thanks.

Lenny Shields
State University of New York at Buffalo