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From: dkletter@adobe.COM (Reality is the only word that should always be used in quotes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Typeface management (weights, etc.)
Message-ID: <1785@adobe.UUCP>
Date: 9 Feb 90 17:11:58 GMT
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In article <5355@okstate.UUCP> norman@a.cs.okstate.edu (Norman Graham) writes:
>When I choose 'bold' from the style menu, should I get the Semi Bold or
>Bold face?

you will get Semibold. 

in a world of standards, it's hard to understand, but in the typeface world
there are no standards as to what 10point size means, what a stylename
means. each typeface is different in all aspects.

> As fonts with many weights become more common I suspect that font
>menus are going to become much more cluttered.

keep in mind that aside from our Adobe Originals(tm) a large portion of
the text typefaces (like Claude Garamond's Garamond) were first designed
and cut in the early 1700s. the commonness that you are noticing is not
a new development, only that we are expanding our library.

>A related question: Is there any way to organize the faces in the
>Adobe Garamond Expert Collection other than just treating them as
>different fonts unrelated to Adobe Garamond?

i have my Adobe Garamond fonts all together regardless of the style links.

>A last question: Can someone with experience using Adobe Garamond
>comment on how it reproduces at 300 dpi?

i think it looks quite good at 300. you must keep in mind that this font
has a smaller x-height than the average so it looks better in the small
point sizes (i.e. it doesn't really look very good in a banner or headline).
this is why it's a "text" face.

>(Note that Adobe Garamond is different than Adobe's other Garamond faces:
>ITC Garamond, Garamond 3, and Stempel Garamond.)
 
(which is also different from Simocini Garamond 2;^)

hope this helps.--d


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