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From: elliott@veronica.cs.wisc.edu (James Elliott)
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Subject: Re: ATF type converter ATM==> TrueType
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Date: 19 Jun 91 22:38:11 GMT
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In <3997@n-kulcs.cs.kuleuven.ac.be> kpottie@icarus.cs.kuleuven.ac.be (Pottie Karl) writes:

>I've been using both ATM and TrueType now, with system 7.
>TrueType has the advantage that it can work without bitmaps, and 
>as a consequence one can use an app's default way to select typestyles
>(bold, italic...) in stead of having to select another font (like Times Bold,
>Time italic).

Of course, if you happen to have Font Harmony (part of the Suitcase
utilities) you can do this with ATM fonts too, by merging styled
families. One problem with this approach (and I doubt that TrueType
lets you get around it) is that the Mac's notion of style families is
not rich enough to accomodate the full variations that exist in some
families. Sure you can have italic, bold, outline, etc. versions of
fonts, but some families come in six or more weights; "plain" and
"bold" only allow for two of them.

I think the best solution is to leave the fonts separate, and use
Adobe Type Reunion to group them into hierarchical menus.
--
Jim Elliott		      "Like a bridge he'll come between us, not a wall"
elliott@veronica.cs.wisc.edu