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From: kworrell@ccvaxa.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: ? HP Laser Fonts ?
Message-ID: <27000006@ccvaxa>
Date: 17 Dec 87 19:33:00 GMT
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Nf-From: ccvaxa.UUCP!kworrell    Dec 17 13:33:00 1987


Be careful with softcraft.  Although they seem to have a very good program
and lots of helpful manuals (the program is really very good), some of their
fonts are real trash.  Others are ok.  Try to get a look at them before
you spend any money.

I looked at a russian font which they were selling (at a non-prohibitive
cost ~$20) and it was really junk, very thin, only one size, no bold/ital...
The IMPRESSION I got was that there was some professor somewhere who
spent the time (and not too much I might add) to get a russian font for
his/her students.  This professor then gave this font (free of charge) to
SoftCraft who are now selling it (no legality replies please).

The characters were poorly shaped, drawn, and the ordering of the
characters within the font was of no known sequence dealing with either
a russian keyboard or any permutation of an english keyboard.

Other fonts (ENGLISH) looked just great.  For these, I got the IMPRESSION
that SoftCraft had found some font designer and paid them real american
dollars to do a good job.

Like I said, seeing it first helps to make a rational decision.

Kurt.


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