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From: pavlov@hscfvax.harvard.edu (G.Pavlov)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: WordPerfect 5.0 & Herc RAMFont????
Message-ID: <691@hscfvax.harvard.edu>
Date: 13 Dec 88 07:39:49 GMT
References: <1988Dec2.180108.11028@utstat.uucp> <12227@cup.portal.com> <1988Dec11.140758.10276@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
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In article <1988Dec11.140758.10276@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>, tj@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Terry Jones) writes:
> I would like to hear how well WordPerfect 5.0 and the Herc RAMFont card get
> along. I am led to believe that things can look pretty good on screen
> with the herc plus card with ramfont capabilities. Anyone actually
> using it AND doing things with foreign languages etc? How close to WYSIWYG
> is this getting!!!
> Does it make things SLOWWWWWW???

  They work together fine (I only use it for Engliskii stuff).  But "WYSIWYG"
  is somewhat of an over-eggzagerat'un.  You get a few different text sizes,
  etc, italics, to reflect what you are trying to do, that's it.  The "reveal"
  screen shows a good picture - but you can't work in it.

  greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny