Path: utzoo!utgpu!mnetor!frank
From: frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Typeface management (weights, etc.)
Message-ID: <5225@mnetor.UUCP>
Date: 9 Feb 90 22:24:16 GMT
References: <5355@okstate.UUCP>
Reply-To: frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick)
Organization: Computer X (CANADA) Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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In article <5355@okstate.UUCP> norman@a.cs.okstate.edu (Norman Graham) writes:
>How do you netlanders organise fonts with more than two weights? 
>In particular, I'm about to pick up Adobe Garamond, which has three
>weights: Regular, Semi Bold, and Bold. When I choose 'bold' from 
>the style menu, should I get the Semi Bold or Bold face?

Adobe Garamond + Expert is one of my favourite typefaces. I'd love to
be able to reduce the menu clutter, but I've tried twice and had
to back out because of conflicts with stupid applications that refer
to fonts by ID rather than name, and because of the sheer horror
on the face of my Lino service bureau's operator when I suggested it.
So I live with very long font menus. At least MS Word lets me build
a menu with only those faces I use frequently (I go to the character
dialog for the rest).

>A last question: Can someone with experience using Adobe Garamond
>comment on how it reproduces at 300 dpi? (Note that Adobe Garamond is
>different than Adobe's other Garamond faces: ITC Garamond, Garamond 3,
>and Stempel Garamond.)

It looks remarkably good (at the standard point sizes), but not good
enough for production. I never use it for manuals which are just
going to be photocopied, for example (I use Stone, instead).

(Microsoft: When *will* Word refer to typefaces by name?)
-- 
Frank Kolnick,
Basis Computer Systems Inc.
UUCP: {allegra, linus}!utzoo!mnetor!frank