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I'd like to make a few comments about ATM (Adobe Type Manager).  At our last
user group meeting here in New Orleans (NOMUG), a pre-release of ATM was
demonstrated.  Brian Bezanson has been very modest.  This product is, putting
it mildly, FANTASTIC.  We were using a Sony 21 inch monitor and 500 point type
looked great - no jaggies.  EVERYONE at the meeting left with images of smooth
type dancing in their head.  Adobe has a winner here!

Yes it locks you to their fonts but they are of the highest quality available.
Other manufacturers will be shipping product that conforms to their specs that
will also work with ATM.  If you want to wait 1 year or more for the high
end oriented 7.0 system from Apple fine.  I wonder how long after that it'll
be before vendors (and Apple) will have the 500-1000 fonts that will be
working with ATM by that time - maybe never?  Won't Apple be dependent on
Adobe and others to supply their fonts in 7.0 quadratic spline format.

If ATM takes off - and it will - then I wonder how fast (or slow) these
vendors will be helping Apple bypass their own technology. And yes, the
latest "rumor" puts system 7.0 about a year away...

P.S.  The output from imagewriters is fabulous - How does 144x160 dpi compare
      to the screens 72x72 dpi (dots per inch)?

      And no I don't work for Adobe.