Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!SFAUSTIN.BITNET!Z4648252 From: Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (Z4648252) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: ATM on the Spectre GCR continued... Message-ID: <891213.12254953.033065@SFA.CP6> Date: 13 Dec 89 18:25:50 GMT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 64 Sorry folks, ...but I'm getting a lot of bounced mail. The following letter and my reply to him may be of benefit to others, though... ---- Thanks for the info on Adobe Type Manager and Spectre. I was wondering what printer driver you use and how that ties in to ATM? I use the Grappler LS driver under Spectre to drive my deskjet, and it comes with a set of fonts called G-Dutch and G-Swiss. I get 300-dpi fonts (no jaggies), because the Grappler Driver uses the 4x version of the screen font to print to the Deskjet (e.g., the 12-point screen font is printed using the corresponding 48-point font). Would ATM make my printer driver unnecessary? Thanks for any info, Rana Dutt rcd@mtqua.att.com ---- Rana, I've a feeling that Grappler LS drivers may have a fit with ATM, but I have not tested the Grappler program yet. The reason that I say that is because Grappler LS does not support PostScript, so they say. ATM still requires a printer driver. The one that I really like is from DataPak. I don't know its price, though. I understand that there are several PD/shareware drivers out there. I believe that they are listed in Dave Small's newsletter. At LISTSERV@RICE, there are two files which are in the domain: DESKJET-DRIVER and DESKJET-DRIVER-MANUAL. To get these type: $MACARCH GET UTIL/DESKJET-DRIVER.HQX $MACARCH GET UTIL/DESKJET-DRIVER-MANUAL.HQX I have found that the smaller fonts are cleaner than Grappler's. Also, you can save a lot of disk space with ATM. All you need are the 10 and 12 points of the font family to get sizes up to whatever. I'm able to use 100 point with no problem at all. Installation is not particularly clear via the manual (sound familiar?). Basically, you merely install the outline fonts in your System Folder (generous samples are on the ATM disk) and install ATM's bitmap fonts into the System program. ATM claims that if you already have bitmapped fonts of the same name as that supplied by ATM, that you don't need to replace those. However, my bitmapped fonts were really huge in space since they went above 12 point in size. ATM only needs a maximum of 12 point to give you beautiful type so I swapped fonts. Obviously, if you are using a large font for a utility, such as SuperClock, then you'd want to keep that point size. I've found that utilities will not access ATM. ATM is only used via document processors. Also, no skewing of characters, or character rotation is supported by ATM. Be sure to read on the net all the corrections that other users will be making of my letter! I'm sure that I've goofed up somewhere in trying to explain all of this. At any rate, ATM is a great addition to the Spectre GCR. I love it. Even at a list price of $99.00, it is a great program. Larry Rymal: |East Texas Atari 68NNNers|