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In article <1205@adobe.UUCP>, bezanson@adobe.COM (Brian Bezanson) writes:
> In article <752@ndcheg.cheg.nd.edu> jeff@ndcheg.cheg.nd.edu (Jeffrey C. Kantor) writes:
> >A couple of questions:
> >
> >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.
> 
>  [ some stuff deleted here, and above]
> Brian Bezanson						bezanson@adobe.com
> Adobe Systems
> 

Thanks for answering those questions.  But there does seem to be some
confusion here.  THe HP DeskWriter does use outline fonts, not 4x bitmaps. At
least this is what the manual says. So once again, does the Adobe Type
Manager enhance the functionality of the Deskwriter beyond the use of
the extensive Adobe font collections (which, of course, is a very nice
enhancement all by itself).

BTW, thanks to both HP and Adobe for being on the net and answering queries.

Jeff Kantor













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