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In article <1992Jul28.215117.25238@panix.com> paul@panix.com (Paul Gatker) writes:
> I just got an ATI 8514 Ultra and it is fantastic with windows. I have
>heard that their crystal fonts aren't yet available for win3.1. Does
>anyone have any info on if and when they may become available.

The Crystal Fonts driver is on the ATI BBS.

> Also, are the crystal fonts worthwhile as far as increasing the apparent
>resolution of the screen fonts vs. the loss of redraw speed?

I think so. However, they do look somewhat less BLACK; you may not like
this. I can't see any difference in redraw speed on my 486/33.

> As I understand it, there is a converter available that will take a post-
>script font and make a crystal font from it. Does this procedure work
>effectively when using windows as a dtp platform?

The new driver supports the old MS Windows fonts (Courier, System)
and all TrueType fonts. A Adobe-to-Crystal converter is supposed to
be available on the ATI BBS 'Real Soon Now.'
I do my dtp in WFW 2.0a, with Arial and Times New Roman as my standard
fonts, and set my Postscript printer driver to substitute Helvetica
and Times.
I use Courier 18x11 in Crosstalk for Windows and find it pleasant.
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In <1992Jul29.140341.27571@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> hscohen@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Harvey S. Cohen) writes:

>The Crystal Fonts driver is on the ATI BBS.
 
 I was also informed that the new crystal font driver is available by
ftp from cica.indiana.edu in /pub/pc/win3/uploads as win31xtl.zip

 I'm trying to get that file but I also plan to check out the ATI BBS for
additional information.


>> As I understand it, there is a converter available that will take a post-
>>script font and make a crystal font from it. Does this procedure work
>>effectively when using windows as a dtp platform?

>The new driver supports the old MS Windows fonts (Courier, System)
>and all TrueType fonts. A Adobe-to-Crystal converter is supposed to
>be available on the ATI BBS 'Real Soon Now.'
 
 I may be incorrect in my understanding of how the crystal fonts work, but
I get the impression that they do what Adobe Type Manager does-- create on
the fly screen fonts from the vector font in memory (hd or ram). Whereas
ATM reads the ps font directly, the special technology in the Crystal Font
requires a specific crystal font on the hd. The converter would enable a
postscript user to create crystal fonts for any and all the ps fonts and 
thus replace the atm screen fonts with the crystal fonts. They would be
available for use in all Windows apps.
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In article <1992Jul29.140341.27571@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> hscohen@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Harvey S. Cohen) writes:
>In article <1992Jul28.215117.25238@panix.com> paul@panix.com (Paul Gatker) writes:
>> I just got an ATI 8514 Ultra and it is fantastic with windows. I have
>>heard that their crystal fonts aren't yet available for win3.1. Does
>>anyone have any info on if and when they may become available.
>
>The Crystal Fonts driver is on the ATI BBS.
>....

Can someone with a modem download these and then upload to an anonymous
ftp site like cica? I don't have a modem, and even if I did, it wouldn't 
work with our digital phone system. :(
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