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From: wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: System 7.0 Q & A
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Date: 25 May 89 21:10:19 GMT
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Reply-To: wilkins@jarthur.UUCP (Mark Wilkins)
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
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In article <10802@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> boone@oce.orst.edu (Jeff Boone) writes:

>This all sounds great for text, but what about graphic artists who
>use software like Adobe Illustrator?  I have a friend who makes his
>living with a Mac and Illustrator.  He "proofs" his work on the
>LaserWriter, then when he has it to his satisfaction, he takes it
>to the print shop and has it output on the Linotronic (which speaks
>only postscript).
>
>If Apple dumps Postscript altogether, I think they will be forcing
>alot of graphic designers/publishers into an alternative platform
>(NeXT) which would be very unfortunate.


  Apple has stated that they intend to maintain support for PostScript in
their product line.  Since PostScript is on the whole more versatile for
certain types of graphic effects than QuickDraw, I think that this will not
be likely in the near future.
  So don't worry about Apple dumping PostScript.  Their current innovations
with outline fonts and the like are, I think, intended mainly to bring some
of the benefits of PostScript to the non-PostScript user, rather than to
force QuickDraw into the low-level printing process in cases where it isn't
now.

                        -- Mark Wilkins