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>>	3) Several fixes have been incorporated into the outlines - you won't
>>	   have these in the ROM versions. Also, the LaserWriter Plus and
>>	   later Apple printers had missing characters in some of the ISO-
>>	   latins because of lack of ROM space - the outlines we sell don't
>>	   have those limitations.

The fixes are nice. I'd rather spend the money on upgrading my LW+ to the
latest version of Postscript, though.

>But seriously, what Mac user would want to buy downloadable versions
>of these fonts?

Actually, you can buy those fonts already as downloadable fonts. They're on
Adobe's pricelist. Adobe, I'm sure, can go and see what current sales have
been to see whether there's really a market for them or not.

>Also, I wish Adobe would stop saying that there are "13 fonts"
>included with ATM.  It almost sounds like Adobe is trying to imply
>that the whole LaserWriter Plus set is included.

Technically, there are 13 faces. But Adobe isn't really wrong here. The
Desktop publishing market does tend to interchange 'font' and 'face'
(incorrectly, typographically). I think you're being overly picky here.

>If Adobe really wants ATM to take off, they should bite the bullet and
>just include the entire LaserWriter Plus font set.  ATM has the
>potential to be a real breakthrough product; why threaten this by
>being needlessly stingy with the included fonts?

I think ATM will be a breakthrough product whether or not they do it. I,
personally, am going to enjoy using it for the fonts I have (my standard LW
fonts and the downloadable ones I've bought). I'll just live without it for
the LW+ fonts, though. I have so far, and for the critical stuff I already
use the downloadable fonts anyway. It's not worth an extra $150
(ComputerWare estimated price) I'd have to pay to rebuild in the LW+
functionality, especially when what I have is 'good enough' for those fonts
already.


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