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Re: Interleaf Publisher

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From: Jan Harrington
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1989 11:18
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in article <19865@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, lauac@wheeler.qal.berkeley.edu (Alexander Lau) says:
> 
> Interleaf was supposed to demo at a recent BMUG meeting, but they
> didn't show up. It was a good thing, too, since the people who used
> it and talked about it in lieu of the marketing reps seemed to be
> quite hostile to the program.
> 
> In fact, on BMUG's calendar for January there was a blurb announcing
> the demo of Interleaf: "Interleaf doesn't kern."  This, of course, is
> an obvious reference to the well-documented missing feature of
> Interleaf Publisher, the ability to adjust the spacing between letters.
> 
> This lack-of-a-feature makes Interleaf a ridiculously expensive,
> middle-of-the-pack product in my book.
> 
> Disclaimer: I have no vendetta against Interleaf.  I'm just calling
> it as I see it.
> 

It's true that Interleaf doesn't kern. However, it does the best job of
justification that I've ever seen. It is far more sophisticated in adjusting
letter spacing than any of the word processors. For the work that I do,
I don't need kerning. I can control hyphenation very closely and Interleaf's
automatic spacing is just fine...

Jan Harrington, sysop
Scholastech Telecommunications
UUCP: husc6!stech!sysop or allegra!stech!sysop

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Subject: Re: Interleaf Publisher
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