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In article <1216@adobe.UUCP> bezanson@adobe.UUCP (Brian Bezanson) writes:
>
>My follow up was aimed at the 'use Adobe fonts'. It seemed to say that one
>had to buy Adobe fonts. You are correct in that ATM does work only
>with Adobe Type 1 fonts, but this means fonts from Adobe/Linotype, and
>will include our new type manufacturers (CompuGraphic, Varityper, and
>others). We also provide the 'base 13' faces with ATM with the 'Plus Pack'
>available for a small cost, most of which ship with the HP and other printers 
>(but under different names).
>
>Well, System 7.0 is not here now, ATM will ship in October. Nearly all
>(99%) of the service bureaus and 'desktop' publishers use Adobe fonts of
>some form - Apple supplies them :-) and those users want Adobe Fonts
>in all sizes for screen and printer. We've said we won't make any
>fonts in the Apple format - ATM does the same thing. System 7.0 will
>require 2+ megs of RAM and the most Mac users (Mac Plus's/1 Megs SEs are
>the biggest number by far) have to upgrade. User comments here on the nets, on
>CompuServe, and at MacWorld said they don't want to spend several hundred 
>dollars for more RAM and a hard disk to run 7.0. If ATM fits your needs 
>for better output on the screen and printer, and it retails for $99 
>and could be running on your machine by Nov. 1, then it is 'the' solution. 
>
>ATM is aimed at the 2-floppy 1-Meg MacPlus and up, System 7.0 isn't.
>


Well, I guess then we have reached consensus.  ATM does not require
Adobe fonts, but will only work with Adobe fonts.  It will require
less memory than System 7.0 and is basically a smart move for Adobe.
With System 7.0 coming along to do nice typefacing, it is good that
Adobe has provided a way for the people who have sunk large amounts of
$$ into the ATL to still realize the most benefit possible from their
investment rather than screwing them (as most companies would do).

The product is very slick and compliments to Adobe (and Brian) for
sharing it with us.

It still looks like the best approach would be for people to use both
System 7.0 and ATM.  This way they can continue to use their Adobe
fonts, now on ANY output device, QuickDraw or PostScript, and still
take advantage of the nice output and display which will be offered by
other outline font vendors in the future.

I wonder about companies like Casady&Greene who sold/sell products
like Fluent Fonts.  Will they allow "upgrades" to current product
owners if they come out with outline versions of their fonts?

To quote Chuq Von Rospach a little, "Fixed in System 7.0".

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