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In article <byram-1310991945040001@cappella.demon.co.uk>,
byram@cappella.demon.co.uk (David Byram-Wigfield) wrote:

>In article <pinon-1310991744080001@asw-p26.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de>,
>pinon@phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de (Christopher Pinon) wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I just wanted to ask if JustText, an early direct PostScript typesetter
>>for the Macintosh, is still available.  I have made an honest attempt at
>>searching the net for its whereabouts, but my search hasn't proved too
>>successful.  All that I know is that it was written by a certain William
>>Bates of Knowledge Engineering.  I would be interested in obtaining a copy
>>of JustText for my self-instruction in PostScript, if the price is
>>reasonable.
>>
>Just Text used to be available on the Adobe Developer CDs but was
>discontinued about seven years ago. 
>Version 1.0i works well on System 6.0 with the original LaserWriter
>driver, but after it was bought up by ?Emerald City
>it became incompatible with later drivers.
>However, it will still make PS files which can be downloaded in the usual way.
>The main disadvantage is that it is limited to 32k files and the original
>13 laser fonts. 
>If you use any other font the stringlengths are peculiar.
>

A correction. 
It was LaserTalk that was on the Adobe CD. Just Text was a product of
Knowledge Engineering and the first proper typesetting program for the
MacPlus. It took all of 110k on a floppy plus the System ?4.0

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