Re: ATM 1.0, Pagemaker 3.01, WFW and PSfonts

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From: Terry Jones
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 1990 14:36

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I think there is a big misunderstanding about ATM and PageMaker and the
"extra" fonts.

ATM comes with the base 4 fonts (called the base 13!) Times, Helvetica, 
Courier and Symbol. If you want the other fonts commonly found in the Laser
Writer Plus, II etc, you need to purchase the Plus Pack for (list) $199.

ATM works with the same outlines that would be sent to the printer.
PageMaker does NOT provide these. 

PageMaker DOES provide METRICS which tell PageMaker how wide etc each character
is so that PageMaker can properly determine spacing etc.

As always, I would love for someone to tell me that I am wrong and I can
save $199 for the extra fonts... but I won't hold my breath watching my
e-mail box! Its Christmas Aldus, how about a gift?

tj

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Subject: Re: ATM 1.0, Pagemaker 3.01, WFW and PSfonts
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