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In article <20009@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, korn@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Peter "Arrgh" Korn) writes:
> In <402@aucs.UUCP>, paul@aucs.UUCP (Paul Steele) said:  
> 
> >...[discusses the Adobe 'one printer' font liscense, and asks "is this true?"]
> 
> I agree completely with Chuq on this one--it's one of the nastiest copy
> protections out there, impossible (so far as I've found) to defeat, and 
> just generally downright obnoxious.
> 
> If you do need a font made my Adobe, there is something of a work-around.
> You can purchase a 'multiple-printer' copy of the font, for 3x the amount
> of the 'single-printer' copy.
> 
> Meanwhile, there are always the Cassady laser fonts (not quite as clean,
> but much less expensive, and not copy-protected in any way).
> 
> Peter
> --
> Peter "Arrgh" Korn
> korn@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU
> {decvax,dual,hplabs,sdcsvax,ulysses}!ucbvax!korn

Agreed that the font license problem with ADOBE fonts is a major hassle,
but converting the Merc font library to PostScript is a awesome task which
required a great deal of artistic, and creative input (translate not easily
automated and extremely time consuming). Without the guarantee of a return
on that investment there would simply not be as many fonts to chose from and
not nearly the quality. Quality in this case is not something as easy to
appreciate at 300 dpi as it is at 2540 dpi. Just so you know I'm not being
insensitive to the pain of the situation, we have a RIP (Raster Image
Processor) tied to Linotype L300 imagesetter. Because of board problems
and imcompetent or lets be kind poorly prepared service personel, we have
had to have the RedStone board replaced in the RIP 13 times...that's right,
13 times. RIP began to mean "Rest in Peace" around here! In fact the artists
made a small grave yard mural above the machine in which they would paste
little tombstones with the board replacement date inscribed whenever the Lino-
tron serviceman came with our next board. In each case ADOBE replaced our fonts
including the backup disks which you are intitled to if you send the card in
which comes with the master set. We have over 30 ADOBE fonts! Let's see that's
30 X 13 X 2 =..... an extremely tiring process. Each set must be reinit'ed and
installed on the RIP harddisk. One would think that you could transfer the
ID PROM to the next board, but far be it from me to meddle (its under a service
contract ...better they screw it up). Anyway...that's just the way it is. I
went out to ADOBE last year to take their PostScript driver classes and ask the
same questions that your asking. After seeing the font design studio and
watching the labor that goes into a single character the stiff copy protection
is understanding....not pleasant...but understandable. The Sonata font which
was mentioned in another article is a unique, significant, and beautiful font
which ought to be protected (if you're listening Cleo...nice work). Anyway,
nuff said.

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