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In article <752@ndcheg.cheg.nd.edu> jeff@ndcheg.cheg.nd.edu (Jeffrey C. Kantor) writes:
>A couple of questions:
>
>1.  How does ATM work?  Is it like an INIT or CDEV.  In other words, do
>I ever have to be aware that it is really there?

No, not really.  Basically, the ATM installs a piece of PostScript
interpreter into the Font Manager.  When you attempt to use a font
from the Adobe Typeface Library, it reads the Downloadable PostScript
version from your System folder and interprets it to get the correct
bitmap version, just like your LaserWriter does.  It is pretty fast
and doesn't do anything for non-Adobe fonts.

>
>2.  If I already have an HP deskwriter w/fonts and am basically pretty
>pleased, is there anything that ATM will do for me? 
>

You won't get anything unless you decide that you want to use Adobe
fonts.  I believe the HP uses Bitstream (I could be wrong, but it
doesn't matter) outline fonts, which are not PostScript.  Therefore,
you cannot use Adobe Fonts as is and get the same quality.  The ATM
will get you the same quality (for gads more money and gads more
variety).  The price I refer to is the fonts themselves, not the ATM.

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