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From: bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG)
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Subject: Re: Mac II and VGA  (icky-poo, IBM stuff)
Keywords: Zenith FTM Mac II Board RasterOps
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Date: 25 Apr 89 22:25:01 GMT
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In article <12542@reed.UUCP> rbrewer@reed.UUCP (Robert S. Brewer) writes
(among other things):
>
>There was a new font editing program released at August '88 MacWorld called
>FRed Font editor that claimed to automatically antialias fonts (there was a
>nice picture to go along with it). If someone had this program, it seems they
>could easily whip off antialiased versions of all kinds of fonts.

For those who are interested, the FRed Font editor was acquired on the eve
of the Spring Seybold DTP show in San Francisco last month by LetraSet,
who expect to bring it out commercially later this year.  In my opinion,
it was a terrific acquisition, based on looking at the program at the
SF MacWorld Expo (hidden away in Brooks Hall); I can't understand 
why Adobe or Aldus didn't snatch it up (for different motivations).
Though I'm personally not a fan of ReadySetGo, the rest of LetraSet's
graphics stable is quite strong.

John Heckendorn
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