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From: James 'Kibo' Parry
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 1990 06:57

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	When I got Adobe Type Manager 2.0 for my Macintosh, I was
surprised to see (when printing fonts very large) that the included
Courier font had slab serifs with _square_ ends, as opposed to the
rounded ones commonly found on PostScript printers.

	Was this change just an aesthetic choice by Adobe's designers,
or was there a technical reason?

	(I believe I've heard that the Courier in PostScript printers is
a stroked font.  Since ATM uses only Type 1 fonts, which are outlines, I
imagine Courier has been redrawn.  Still, is there a reason it wasn't
drawn with rounded serifs?)

	My Courier outline font file is "Version 002.002".

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James "Kibo" Parry       kibo@rpi.edu
132 Beacon St. #213, Boston, MA 02116
(617) 262-3922

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