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From: WRDJ@VAX5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU ("In a night without day, on a road without end.")
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Subject: TrueType on GS and PostScript problem on AWGS
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Date: 7 Jun 91 17:43:00 GMT
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Hi there,

     First of all, I solved my PostScript problem (described yesterday)!  It
seems that the GS LaserWriter driver, when describing the Palatino font, calls
it (not unreasonably) "Palatino".  HOWEVER, the LaserWriter's postscript font
menu calls it "Palatino-Roman"!  You can see where the problem arises.... and
why "Palatino-Bold" printed correctly!  So a little judicious editing, and it
came out just fine.  Nice to know; I can now laser-print all my AWGS stuff
without buying a printer!

     Second:  Lots of fun discussion about TrueType on the GS has been going on.
Personally, I'd love to see it, but I'm also concerned about the speed.  The 
printing speed I'm not *too* concerned about, I've pretty much resigned myself
to slow printing.  But TrueType is also used for display (improving WYSIWYG by
a great deal), so all that computation would have to be done while scrolling,
redrawing, etc.  This is where I assumed there'd be a major problem.  I'd love
to have TrueType, but I'd hate to have it completely negate the benefits of my
Zip (whenever it arrives...)

     I'd like to hear more, though...

Bill D.