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In article <Xns94038EBC0A92Ajg2usenetdef@10.1.1.2>, Jerry Gardner
<jg2-usenet@gardnerclan.net> wrote:

> I've just gotten a new Mac that only runs Mac OS X. I used to run Pagemaker 
> 6.52 on my old Mac in OS 9.2, and everything was fine. Pagemaker runs fine 
> in Classic on my new Mac, except for how it displays fonts on screen.
> 
> In PM under Classic, fonts display in very blocky, ugly, and difficult to 
> read manner in the smaller point sizes (12pt for example). 
> 
> Is there any way to improve how Pagemaker displays text when running under 
> Classic on OS X 10.2.x? When I ran OS 9, ATM made a great improvement in 
> on-screen fonts, but it doesn't seem to work under Classic.
> 
> I'm used to Pagemaker, and would rather not go to the trouble and expense 
> of switching to InDesign if I can avoid it.
> 
> - Jerry

I've never used MacOS X, but in MacOS 9 there's the Appearance Control
Panel that has a Smooth option in the Fonts section. It may or may not
help, but is worth a try.

There's also a Shareware Control Panel called SmoothType which may be
another fairly cheap possibility worth trying, you can download it for
free from http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/4070 to try
and it costs US$10 to register.

Helpful Harry                   
"Just trying to help whenever I can."      :o)

how did you get Pagemaker installed on you new mac?  I tried the CD 
installer and it seems to only work in OS9 so I haven't been able to 
install on newer mac that won't run OS9.

thanks

Helpful Harry wrote:
> I've never used MacOS X, but in MacOS 9 there's the Appearance Control
> Panel that has a Smooth option in the Fonts section. It may or may not
> help, but is worth a try.

That didn't help. It seems that lack of ATM support under Classic is the 
problem. ATM renders PS fonts on the screen under OS 9, but it looks like 
this is an internal function of OS X when running Classic and it doesn't do 
a very good job of rendering the fonts. I'll try the TrueType versions of 
the fonts and see if that makes any difference (although I doubt it will).

- Jerry

George wrote:

> how did you get Pagemaker installed on you new mac?  I tried the CD 
> installer and it seems to only work in OS9 so I haven't been able to 
> install on newer mac that won't run OS9.

I just put the CD in the drive and clicked on the PM installer. OS X 
started up Classic, and the install went just like it does under OS 9.

What version of OS X are you running?

- Jerry

running 10.2.6.  surprising that it worked for you so easily since 
installer won't work in classic for me.

Jerry Gardner wrote:
> George wrote:
> 
> 
>>how did you get Pagemaker installed on you new mac?  I tried the CD 
>>installer and it seems to only work in OS9 so I haven't been able to 
>>install on newer mac that won't run OS9.
> 
> 
> I just put the CD in the drive and clicked on the PM installer. OS X 
> started up Classic, and the install went just like it does under OS 9.
> 
> What version of OS X are you running?
> 
> - Jerry