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From: amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker)
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Subject: Re: Garamond, Caslon, Minion, Utopia on laser printers?
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Date: 3 Apr 91 16:08:55 GMT
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rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes:

   Has anyone used any of the Adobe versions of the mentioned type families--
   Garamond, Caslon, Minion, or Utopia--on standard 300-dpi laser printers?

I've used Adobe Garamond, and seen stuff done with Minion.  Adobe Garamond
is a very nice rendition of an old-fashioned Garamond.  It comes out well
at 300dpi, very well at 400dpi, and looks absolutely gorgeous on a Lino.
The Expert Collection is also very nice, and provides small caps, oldstyle
numerals, swash caps extra ligatures and fractions, etc.  If I were going
to pick a typeface for typesetting fine books, this would be it.

It has a small x-height, and so it looks "smaller" at a given point
size than many PostScript typefaces.  Partially because of this, it starts
to lose some of its character at 10pt and below at 300dpi.  It still looks
good, though.

Minion is a more modern typeface.  Like Adobe Garamond, I find it very
pleasing to look at and read.  It's not based on any particular typeface
that I know of, but it has some of the character of Palatino, albeit much
subtler.  It also has an Expert Collection, which once again I recommend.
It's a little more robust at 300dpi than Adobe Garamond, and its more
up-to-date look would make it good for manuals, magazines, and so on.
I like it better than Stone for these things, mainly because it is more
delicate.

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Amanda Walker						      amanda@visix.com
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