Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!polyslo!rcfische From: rcfische@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Raymond C. Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Royal Fonts vs. ATM Message-ID: <1990Jan8.231019.26686@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Date: 8 Jan 90 23:10:19 GMT References: <844@sahiways.gov.au> Reply-To: rcfische@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Raymond C. Fischer) Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo Lines: 43 In article <844@sahiways.gov.au> peters@sahiways.gov.au writes: >Personally, I find Apple's idea of the so-called "Royal" outline font >technology to be rather dead. I love PostScript; all the guys at Adobe (with >the exception of the idiot who wrote the initial protection scheme) should be >applauded for their excellent work. Yes, from what I've seen, DPS is very nice software, as is ATM, and I would enjoy using it on my Mac. BUT ... >Unfortunately for Apple, Adobe's Type Manager came out first. It has some >advantages over Royal: >1) it works on all Macs, NOW. We don't have to wait for System 7. I can wait. Besides, ATM works only on Macs with enough memory, not quite 'all' of them. Granted, system 7 will probably want heaps o' RAM as well, so neither has the advantage. >2) it works with 99.9% of the existing PostScript fonts. I thought ATM only worked with type I fonts? The other types make up far more than just 0.01% of the available fonts. >3) it works with heaps of non-Apple and non-PostScript printers As will system 7. Besides, I already have an Apple printer. >4) users have the choice of turning it off when necessary >POSTSCRIPT FOREVER! $$$ Forever! This is my major complaint with ATM and DPS. ATM is $60, the laserwriter+ font package is another $110. Other fonts go for $60 to $200. How much will system 7 cost? Don't know, but I bet it's less. And display PostScript is even more expensive. Have you ever noticed the big price difference between Apple's PostScript printers and other non-PostScript printers like the LaserWriter IISC and Next's printer? Yes, DPS is nice, but I'm not willing to pay for it. As much as I like it, I don't see that it is worth the expense. >Geoff Peters Ray Fischer rcfische@polyslo.calpoly.edu