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From: rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript,comp.fonts
Subject: Garamond, Caslon, Minion, Utopia on laser printers?
Message-ID: <1991Apr3.041107.6507@ico.isc.com>
Date: 3 Apr 91 04:11:07 GMT
Organization: Interactive Systems Corporation, Boulder, CO
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(not sure what newsgroups to use--it's not a PostScript language question,
but it's about Adobe-specific fonts)

Has anyone used any of the Adobe versions of the mentioned type families--
Garamond, Caslon, Minion, or Utopia--on standard 300-dpi laser printers?
If so, could you share any particular good or bad experiences?  I'm look-
ing for notes such as "the Xyzzy-Bold comes out too bold" or "some of the
curves tickle a jaggy problem that's noticeable" or such like.  Of course,
if you can say something like "the Adobe version of Xyzzy is particularly
{good,bad,faithful,...}", that would help too.

I realize the four families aren't easily comparable, nor substitutes for
one another!  I'm looking for a good text face, and I'm tempted by Adobe's
current offer of the matching expert collection along with the regular
package...I plan to scrutinize the families more closely, but I'd like to
know if there are any obvious losers I can eliminate at the start.

adthanksvance
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Dick Dunn     rcd@ico.isc.com -or- ico!rcd       Boulder, CO   (303)449-2870
   The Official Colorado State Vegetable is now the "state legislator".