Font Pricing (Was Re: PostScript vs TrueType?)

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From: Dave Walker
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 1990 01:48

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In article <862@grenada.UUCP> roger@grenada.UUCP (Roger Corman) writes:
> Which type of hinting is better for you and me?  Whichever allows us
> the most fonts of the best quality for the lowest price (obviously).  I
> personally expect it will be *years* (if ever) before the number of 
quality
> fonts now available in Adobe format are available in TrueType format.

Interestingly enough, according to one of the desktop publishing rags,
(Publish, I think) Bitstream is going to release it's entire typeface
library in TrueType format at *no more than 25%* of the price of
their equivalent Type 1 typefaces.  Has anyone else heard about this?

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| Dave Walker, Marmoset Design Ltd.                                      |
| marmoset@ub.cc.umich.edu                             * Ignore Selina * |
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From: marmoset@ub.cc.umich.edu (Dave Walker)
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Subject: Font Pricing (Was Re: PostScript vs TrueType?)
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