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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?

ATM is an INIT/cdev along with a file with the driver for your particular
machine (ie. 68000 or 68020/030). You drop them in your system folder and
reboot. The cdev can set how large the cache is, whether ATM is on/off, and
2 other attributes. With the bitmaps/outlines installed, you can forget
about it.

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

If you will only be using the your built in fonts on your deskwriter, and
at the sizes they provide/recommend (10,12,14, ???) then maybe not a whole
lot. But if you want to use sizes like 33, 37, 99, 127, 500 (in MacWrite II)
then ATM will be just what you need. The outlines on the screen will be
very smooth, and the output on the printer will be just as good if not
better than what H.P. gives you. The reason for this is (correct me if I'm
wrong) the H.P. and LaserWriter SC use bitmaps/screen fonts that have 4x sizes
in them (like 10,12,14,18,24,36,48,60,72,96). If you choose a 12 point font,
they use the 4x bitmap (48) and since they are going from 72 to 300 dpi they
scale it appropriately. This will give you a true font resolution of 4x72
or 288 - not 300 dpi. ATM on the other hand looks at the devices resolution
say 72 for a screen, 300, 600, 2470 for a printer/film recorder, and 
produces the raster image at that resolution.

Finally, if you ever want to use fonts that didn't come with your H.P., and
want fonts from the Adobe type Library (over 500 faces and growing), then
you'll want ATM.

Hope that answers your questions.

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Brian Bezanson						bezanson@adobe.com
Adobe Systems

>Jeff Kantor