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From: casseres@apple.com (David Casseres)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: System 7.0 Q & A
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Date: 25 May 89 18:02:23 GMT
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In article <10802@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> boone@oce.orst.edu (Jeff Boone) 
writes:
> In article <1856@internal.Apple.COM> casseres@apple.com (David Casseres) 
writes:
> >In article <8321@pucc.Princeton.EDU> FTWILSON@pucc.Princeton.EDU 
> >(Frederick Todd Wilson) writes:
> >> ... something Apple hasn't actually said: with
> >> outline fonts you'll be able to get current LaserWriter IINT/NTX print
> >> quality out of a IISC. Is this right?
> >
> >Well, I'm no longer involved in printing at Apple, but note that even 
> >today, the IISC gives slightly better than PostScript quality as long 
as 
> >you stick to the few fonts and sizes that are supported.  The new 
outline 
> >font stuff is specifically aimed at supporting ALL sizes, and there 
will 
> >be a lot of fonts in the new format.  But also notice that there's more 
to 
> >PostScript than font rendering.  There's splines, and arbitrary 
rotation, 
> >and so forth.  The new printing stuff addresses some of these areas, 
such 
> >as halftoning, but not all.

> 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).

You're quite right.  QuickDraw is still QuickDraw, and does not have the 
same graphics capabilities as 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.

Indeed it would, which is why Apple said at the developers' conference 
that it will continue to support PostScript.  Apple is NOT dumping 
PostScript, by any stretch of the imagination.

David Casseres

Exclaimer:  Wow!