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stevem@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (Steve Miller) writes:

|You probably already know this, but HP also offers the extra fonts that
|come with the LaswerWriter NT.  The set of 7 styles retails for $395.  These
|are outline fonts that can be scaled to any point size. (up to 250pt)

Yup!  They are $575 Canadian from HP (Great White North)... I just got
off the phone with them ordering one.

|I'm curious.  Why do you need large point sizes for the basic four fonts
|(Times, Helvetica, Courier, and Symbol) when the DeskWriter already provides
|SCALABLE fonts for these?  Is it so you can display large points on the screen 
|with high quality results?

Well, partially.  Certainly I'd like to know where a 72pt character
will eventually land, but more importantly, I am interested in the
Adobe faces that go wth the LWII NT i.e. New Century Schoolbook.  I'd
rather not go and crank out over $600 bucks (with tax) for the set
(each face is about $139).  

I have been screwing around with Palentia and I like the scaling the
driver does with bit-mapped faces, so I figured I could fudge things
until Sys 7 appeared.

So, if there are 72pt fonts of New Century schoolbook, Palatino,
Bookman, Avante Garde, and Helvetica Narrow around... let me know.

nrg
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