Re: Type 3 fonts and ATM (was Re: Postscript Type 1 font -> Type 3 font ?)

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From: Ian Farquhar
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 1990 23:09

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In article <37707@ut-emx.uucp> clouds@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Kathy Strong) writes:
>Actually, ATM 1.2 and up (2.0 is the brand-new release) works with Type 3
>fonts. Upgrades available for (I think) $20 from Adobe; call 1-800- 
>...

Does this mean that ATM is now a full Postscript interpretor as would be
required to properly deal with type 3 fonts), or are we just dealing with a
very narrowly defined format for these fonts that allows a simple parser
to read them?

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Subject: Re: Type 3 fonts and ATM (was Re: Postscript Type 1 font -> Type 3 font ?)
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