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From: redmond+@cs.cmu.edu (Redmond English)
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Subject: Re: DESKJET printer drivers
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Date: 28 Apr 91 09:55:19 GMT
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In article <41919@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> kawakami@locusts.Berkeley.EDU (John Kawakami) writes:
>Last I heard, there are not any Atari programs which would benefit from
>font cartridges for the DJ.  Though I'm no atari guru, I cannot recall of
>any atari word processor which deals with printer based fonts with any
>grace. Right now, I am using WordPerfect to try and exploit the DJ's features,
>but WP is just not cut out for the task.  The Atari WP is meant for older
>dot matrix printers.  I can say one thing for sure: WP will not switch
>fonts well.

I use the word process ProText v5 by Arnor.  It is not GEM based
(which I like), and handles multiple proportional fonts flawlessly,
microspacing et al.  The printer driver is fully configureable, so any
new fonts can be easily added (although the width table can be a pain).

I highly recommend ProText.

                               Red/.