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>> 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
>>  [ some stuff deleted here, and above]
>> Brian Bezanson			bezanson@adobe.com
>> Adobe Systems
>> 
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>
>  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).
>
>
>Jeff Kantor

You are correct Jeff, the DeskWriter does use outline fonts (sorry Brian).
From my limited experience of ATM on a DeskWriter I found the following
enhancements:

Rotated text in other than 90 degree increments is often of higher quality.

The outline and shadow enhancements are of higher quality.

On a Mac SE the throughput is generally a little higher (5-10% higher) for
text output and a litter lower on graphics only output.

On problem:  This was a beta release of ATM, but there were some spacing
problems on some of the output.  Since this was a beta release I assume that
this has probably been fixed.


Steven Miller
Vancouver Division
Hewlett Packard






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