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bkph@kauai.ai.mit.edu (Berthold K.P. Horn) writes:


>In article <1k3feiINN8in@coli-gate.coli.uni-sb.de> ulma@coli.uni-sb.de (Ulrich Mayring) writes:

>   Does anyone know the Digital (no, not International) Typeface Corporation (DTC)?
>   I have seen some of their fonts and they didn't look too bad, although the truth
>   will only come out at higher resolutions than 300 dpi. However, I found for
>   example their Bodoni-DTC to be aesthetically preferable to most other Bodonis I
>   have seen. So, I was wondering, if DTC is any good in the technical department
>   as well, and if yes, where can I buy these fonts?

>   Ulrich Mayring

>DTC font sets come bundled with several products, including LaserMaster
>printers and Micrografx Designer.

>DTC fonts are hinted, but make no use of hint replacement, for example.  
>If you have `commercial grade' fonts from other foundries, you may want to
>make sure that installation of the DTC fonts does not overwrite them with
>fonts that use the same file names...

>Berthold K.P. Horn
>Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Please excuse my ignorance in technical questions, but what is hint replace-
ment? Are there any other technicalities to look for in a font besides that
and hinting?
And while I'm at it: Commercial grade fonts aren't always what they're cracked
up to be. Take a look at Adobe's Joanna Regular, e.g., apart from the 
aesthetics, which obviously are debatable, this font has gruesome kerning. It
is of a quality I'd expect from Shareware fonts and still I would be dis-
appointed. But hey - I paid money for that one, since I believe in buying
fonts. So, what I was looking for, is a cheaper alternative with still good
quality and I am looking into DTC right now...

Anyways, thanx a lot, Berthold, for all the helpful information you regularly
dish out at us less educated people. That had to be said.

Ulrich Mayring