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From: robert@hemingway.WEITEK.COM (Robert Plamondon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.text.desktop
Subject: Re: HP LaserJet Font Cartridges Available
Message-ID: <774@hemingway.WEITEK.COM>
Date: 6 May 89 21:04:49 GMT
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Reply-To: robert@hemingway.WEITEK.COM (Robert Plamondon)
Organization: WEITEK, Sunnyvale CA
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The font situation with LaserJets is pretty confusing. I investigated
the font cartridge situation first, and discovered the following:

1. HP cartridges are expensive.
2. The most useful cartridge for word processing is the 'Z' cartridge,
   which lists for about $300, but has many more font sizes than most.
   Still, Times, Helvetica, and Courier are all you get, and in not
   that many sizes when it comes right down to it.
3. Some companies make cartridges with "all HP fonts in one (or two)
   cartridges." I tried the JetWare cartridge. It was a piece of junk;
   the fonts were unbelievably ugly and didn't seem to match the sizes
   of the HP fonts very well. The Everex 'F' cartrige (a minimalist
   word processing cartridge with Times in 8 and 10 point, Times
   italic and bold in 10 point, and Helvetica bold in 14 point) was
   much better, for about $75 at Fry's Electronics.
4. I've now switched almost entirely to downloaded fonts. I got Swiss
   (Helvetica) and Dutch (Times) from with my PageMaker update for
   only $50, and then bought Goudy Old Style from Bitstream for list
   price ($195) because I think Times/Dutch has no character.
   Bitstream has good Windows support (and PageMaker runs under
   Windows), and I have no complaints in that department. Bitstream's
   support for screen fonts, in particular, seems to be better than
   HP's. The fonts DO eat disk space; I have 2-3 MB of fonts on my disk now.
5. It's hard to find Bitstream distributors, and when you do, they
   don't have the fonts you want. Deal with them directly via their
   800 number (I forget what it is: call 800-555-1212 to find out).

	-- Robert
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    Robert Plamondon
    robert@weitek.COM
    "No Toon can resist the old 'Shave and a Hair-Cut'"