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PostScript fonts

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From: Paul V Hardiman
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 1991 18:16
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From: ries@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (Marc Ries)
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Subject: Review of the ATM fonts posted
Summary: not bad for free
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Date: 11 Jan 91 15:35:28 GMT
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>  I got the three "ATM" Windows compatible fonts from cira, unzipped them, and
>  loaded them into ATM without a hitch or w/o doing anything else.
>  The "architect" font is very nice.  I also have Adobe's Tekton font.
>  Without close examination, they both look very equal.  For the price,
>  "architect" looks great.
>  The BlackChancery font appears to be a very nice "script/calligraphic" font
>  for those fancy occasions.
>  The SanFrancisco font is, well, weird.  It looks more like the "ransom"
>  font available for Metafont.  Not too useful except for blackmail 8-).

On my system the descender of the 'q' in Architect is noticeably thicker
than any part of any other character.  I'm running WIN3, ATM, and a H-P LJII
with an Adobe cartridge.  I was printing some samples of the fonts via
Windows Write.
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From: hardiman@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Paul V Hardiman)
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Subject: PostScript fonts
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Date: 11 Jan 91 18:16:19 GMT
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