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From: gaynor@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor)
Subject: Re: IBM ATM fonts vs Mac ATM fonts
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In article <1991Apr03.042839.8514@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> hasses@mist.CS.ORST.EDU (Stephen Haase) writes:
>Are IBM ATM fonts compatible with the Mac and vice versa?

	Nope.  The file-format that Adobe uses for MS-DOS Type 1 fonts
is different than what is used for Macintosh Type 1 fonts.  They can't
be used from machine to machine.

	This strikes me oddly, since Adobe grants a license for usage
based on printers, not computers.  It's easily conceivable that a Mac
and a MS-DOS PC could be connected to that same Postscript printer.
You'd still have to buy the typeface twice - once for the Mac and once
for the PC - even though the licsense is for use on the single
printer.  Something wrong there.  Perhaps Adobe should simply provide
the type in both formats when you buy it (DOS disks and Mac disks in
the same package).

>If anyone can tell me of an ftp site for Mac ATM fonts I'd really
>appreciate it.

	Try mac.archive.umich.edu.  It's still a somewhat "rough"
archive, but they have a -huge- selection of PD/SW Type 1 fonts for
Macintosh usage.

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