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From: thaler@shorty.cs.wisc.edu (Maurice Thaler)
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Subject: Re: WYSIWYG Word Processor for Windows 3.0?
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Date: 2 May 91 18:53:05 GMT
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In article <1991May1.045558.29716@leland.Stanford.EDU> elmanad@leland.Stanford.EDU (Adam Elman) writes:
>In article <1991Apr30.150818.6304@ccad.uiowa.edu> cadsi@ccad.uiowa.edu (CADSI) writes:
>>I have both programs and neither fulfill the request.  The initial request
>>was for WYSIWIG.  At best, both programs (like ALL Windows codes) are
>>WYSIWYSOg (what you see is what youll Sort Of get).  The font informatinon
>>shown on screen is not at all accurate.  Untill the TrueFont stuff
>>is part of a Windows release, WYSIWIG ain't available in Windows.
>>
>>|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>>|Tom Hite					|  The views expressed by me |
>>|Manager, Product development			|  are mine, not necessarily |
>>|CADSI (Computer Aided Design Software Inc.	|  the views of CADSI.       |
>>|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>
>WYSIWIG, by your definition, isn't available on a PC (and likely won't
>be even with TrueType if you're going to be picky about it).  If you
>want your definition of WYSIWIG, go buy a NeXT -- Display PostScript
>is the only way you'll get what you really want.
>
>However, by most people's definition of WYSIWYG, the two word
>processors above are perfectly adequate, particularly WFW since the
>original poster had been using Word for Mac, which by your definition
>is not exactly WYSIWYG either.
>
>Adam Elman
>elmanad@leland.stanford.edu

Sorry to be the one to get you up to date, but LaserMaster from Eden
Prairie, MN has had a WYSIWIG setup out for about 2 1/2 years now. They
sell their LX cards that print at 800,1000, and 1200 dpi (YES 1200 dpi)
and they have what they call their GLASS PAGE setup using their font
chanel architecture. This has a set of outlines called .LXO's (similar
but not the same as type 1 outlines) which drive both the printer AND
the monitor, and this exists for Ventura for GEM, and any Windows apps.
It is truely WYSIWYG showing exact kerning, font rotation on the screen,
and uses a "virtual" screen area, so you can bop back and forth accross
the page very quickly. It is really a nice, although somewhat pricey
setup. They recently released a new device, using TrueTech so they can
deal with the PostScript world too, although their own system has
infinately scaleable fonts and only lacked the ability to deal with EPS
files and the like. Now, with TrueTech they can handle Postscript
natively and it seems to work quite nicely will all Windows Postscript
apps.

An advantage of this over the Next machine is the abundance of apps
available for the PC w/ Windows vs. the Next. OS/2 IS supported by
Lasermaster.


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