Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!ar4 From: ar4@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Royal Fonts vs. ATM Message-ID: <6302@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 10 Jan 90 16:02:38 GMT References: <844@sahiways.gov.au> <1693@intercon.com> <6265@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <6523@wpi.wpi.edu> Reply-To: ar4@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes) Organization: Purdue University Lines: 29 <6523@wpi.wpi.edu> macman@wpi.wpi.edu (Christopher Silverberg) writes: >PK> Surely everyone who has invested a great deal of money in Adobe >PK> fonts will want to use both font types. Sure would be nice if >PK> System 7 could display the Adobe fonts. Anyways, nice job Apple! > >According to some reports that i've heard, System 7 MAY support Adobe fonts. >At least Apple is willing to make the effort at doing that... whether this >becomes a reality with the actual release of system 7, who knows... I've heard of hopes and dreams, but I seriously doubt that that will happen. Whether this be true or not, I believe that one primary reason for Apple's intent to use Royal INSTEAD of Postscript is that the licenseing for Postscript costs an enormous amount. Ever wonder why the difference between a plain laser printer and a postscript-compatible printer is rarely less than $1000 ?? Adobe is out to make money on a good product just like everyone else! It would seem as though Apple is going to make a FULL effort to have their Royal technology become a standard or at least very good competition. I have heard that ATM is supposed to become compatible with System 7 and that seems to be the best route to go for those people with a large investment in Adobe typefaces. However, the other competitors in the typeface world will be left a step behind. Perhaps each company will come out with an individual INIT that will allow the display of their fonts on the screen. But to think that Apple will invest a great amount of money to support a respectable amount of the typeface technologies out there is absurd. +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Piper Keairnes | ar4@mentor.cc.purdue.edu | General Consultant | | (317) 495-4273 | Macintosh Enthusiast | Purdue Univ. Computing Center | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+