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In article <B54RqB1w164w@tischer.Gwinnett.COM>, tischer@tischer.Gwinnett.COM (Steve Tischer) writes:
> carlp@hp-vanc.hp.com (Carl Peterson) writes:
>>   I have before me a short article about a CD-ROM
>> offered by the German type foundry URW called
>> TypeWorks.  The CD-ROM is supposed to contain
>> a collection of some 3,000 Type 1 fonts, all
>> unlocked, for a reasonable price.
 
> Carl, I have here a book from URW showing all the fonts on the CD.  The
> whole CD looks very good to me.  I was at URW week before last for the
> DIDOT Typographic Seminar and they gave us all a copy of that book,
> which is also called TypeWorks.  It is a couple of inches thick and is
> probably available from URW in this country.
 
> As far as the quality of the fonts goes, there are many of the ITC
> fonts in the set since that work goes on at URW there in Hamburg.  Plus,
> many of the font developers of the world use the URW system.  Many of 
> the fonts in the book/CD are the industry standard ones.  

What does that mean? Are these actually licensed designs? If
they're not using the actual trade names, these are not
legitimate versions and I would hesitate to call them "industry
standard."

-dh

Don Hosek                  
dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu  
Quixote Digital Typography 
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