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Lori, You might also say hello to Esther from me. I enjoyed her presence on the Forum before she took on her new job. I might be up your way for another PostScript class again if all goes well. ^Steve^
Lori, please do. I don't want to bother her if she's so busy, but you might want to let her know that if she passes by our way (New York City) she's most welcome to visit us again. Eli
Edward, Adobe does not currently offer the Stymie typeface, however we do offer a few square serifs that may meet your needs– ITC Lubalin Graph, Glypha and Memphis. Give our Sales Support Representatives a call at 800-344-8335 to receive a brochure or catalog showing these faces. Lori Haines, Sysop
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#Esther Kletter
Message #7634
Eli, Yes, Esther is still with Adobe. She is now an OEM Support Engineer and although she had hoped to pop in to the Forum every now and then, (even after I took over her Sysop responsibilities) she has been too busy with her new job to do so. I…
#7470-
Help with Windows
Message #7629
Stuart, Are you still having a problem with your fonts? If so please give me detailed information (software version numbers, hardware, define the problem) and I'll try to help, or you can give the Technical Support Specialists a call at (415) 961-0911. I've been away for the Holidays or I'd…
Kingsley/ATF released and then withdrew their fonts sometime in 1988. They expect to be ready to release improved versions in March 1989 for MAC and June 1989 for IBM. Call 1-800-289-TYPE for literature. Ask for Cheryl.
Per, you might want to look at something called "PS Tutor", which is billed as a full PS interpreter which outputs interactively to a PC screen. It's specifically for learning PS, not for production use (since it doesn't talk to printers). From Lincoln & Co., (617)369-1441. You didn't mention if…
A PostScript debugging program called LaserTalk exists now on the Macintosh, and is announced for release soon on the PC under Windows. This product uses the interactive abilities of the PostScript interpreter in your laser printer to show you line by line the results of your PostScript code, and sounds…
Take a look also at Glypha, which is another "Egyptian" (square serif) face found in the Adobe library. Unfortunately it isn't available in an extra-bold or black weight.
Thanks I will contact them. -Ted
Thanks I will have a look at "Memphis" in my type atlas — Ted(edward)
About 6 months ago, I think, Kingsley/ATF Type Corp. sent me a flyer on what was to be their initial PostScript type offerings. I never followed up the announcement, but Stymie was on their list (as were Bodoni, Americana. Spartan, Franklin Gothic and Cooper). Maybe the actually released Stymie. Their…
Edward: Stymie, to the best of my knowledge, hasn't been released. But you might try looking at Memphis. It's got the Stymie feel, and it comes in 4 weights. — Jon
Postscript>Pagemaker
Message #7577
I have a question about impoting the postscript sample files that are locatede in the #4 and #5 directories. I have tried to impot them into pagemaker and print them on my NEC890, but nothing seems to print. It goes though the [Dmotions of sending the file but no printing…
Postscript debugging
Message #7570
I'm new to PostScript programming and would like to know if there is any way I could either have my printer do some debugging on my programs or if any PostScript interpreter with debugging options exists for PC's. I guess Display PostScript would do this ? Any chance of getting…
adobe typefaces
Message #7568
Is the "STYMIE" tpeface included in the adobe type library. Or if not is there an equivalent with square serifs and a extra bold face. We need this for a company logo. If not I guess we could design the graphics but this would take longer !! Any suggestions?
#7328-
#Font Metrics
Message #7446
You're right that the AFM units are based on 1000 to the em. To use the size for each character in an application, divide the size in the AFM by 1000, and multiply by whatever your current pointsize is. The easiest example is the em dash character. It's size is…
Lasertalk is sold by Emerald City Software. Their address is Emerald City Software 97 Jennings Lane Atherton, CA 94025 (415) 368-8303 Last time I checked, the PC version was being shipped in December. Hope this helps.
those .psf fonts
Message #6879
Deleted that 150k or so of SU*.PSF files after installation of ITC Souvenir into Ventura (with a CGA monitor on a Compaq 286). They have no effect whatsoever! They had copied onto C:\VENTURA where, I presume, they were directed by your installation procedure then converted from whatever they were on…
I'm afraid I can't remember the name of LaserTalk's publisher, but there are others here who have referred to it (in its Mac version) and will probably be able to fill us in. Although this program could be used to do screen proofs of PostScript files, you are right in…
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#Display Postscript
Message #6862
Thanks very much for the response. Can you tell me who is going to be selling the "soon-to-be-released" Windows Lasertalk, where they're located, and why anybody might want to screen proof a document when they have a laser printer? Did you see it at the Seybold show? How did it…
Brian, I'd suspect that the problem is in the RIP1's interpreter. We've been using the RIP2 for about a year now, and I'd forgotten some of the occasional problems we'd had with the RIP1. We had a few occasional PostScript errors which we could never track down. (It's been too…
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#STACKUNDERFLOW error
Message #6846
Steve: I first noticed this problem in Pagemaker 3.01, but have since traced PostScript errors in Illustrator and Quark to the same problem. It took me a while to realize tj a while to realize this because I was using a spooler, and I wasn't getting the e the error…
#6824-
disk space w/ PS fonts
Message #6845
If it wasn't already pointed out… the new release also provides the parallel printer font installer. This is a significant product in that it allow all of us that, for many good reasons, don't use RS-232-attached postscript printers the chance to download Adobe fonts without the aid of gurus. Up…
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colorimage, AFMs, PPDs
Message #6840
PPD files are the PostScript Printer Definition files. Thanks for the offer on unSIT/PITing things. I might take you up on it sometime.
PS Output Problem
Message #6583
I'm not sure if this is a PostScript problem or a typeface problem. If you'll recall from my previous frantic messages, I'm running PM 1.0a on an AT clone with Windows 286 version 2.1 (to which I recently upgraded). A very annoying problem happened on a recent job and I…
Translating from EPS1.2
Message #6574
I have a friend with an EPS version 1.2 file which was created using Designer from Micrografix on a PC AT. He now wants to convert it to EPS version 2 file format. Is there a utility available anywhere that will allow him to do this?
That's a fairly complicated order. I'd do something like the following: save /Helvetica-BlackOblique findfont 32 scalefont setfont (Your logo) true charpath clip ;make the logo the clipping path /grayval 0 def Then, in a for loop, set the gray level (with setgray) to grayval, draw a rectangle covering part of…
John, If you have illustrator 88 do the following: 1. Type in the one-word logo. 2. 'Paint' the type with NO fill and NO stroke and check the 'mask' box. 3. Create a blend using narrow rectangles a little wider than the width of the type from 100% black to…
#GRADUATED GRAYSCALE LOGO
Message #6501
I need help in creating a one-word logo in PostScript language. I have been able to get the type output with a gray screen, but I need the gray screen to graduate from dark gray at the top of the letters to white at the bottom (baseline) of the letters.…
Smaller Point Sizes
Message #6455
Here's a routine which may help: /currentchar ( ) def /charkern 1 72 mul 300 div def /spacekern 1 72 mul 300 div def /pixel {72 mul 300 div} def /tinyprint { {currentchar exch 0 exch put currentpoint dtransform exch ceiling exch idtransform moveto currentchar show currentchar ( ) eq…
Getting into the PPD file and mucking around a bit has produced great results. Have now set up the file for 50,60,70,80,and 90lpi. Ahh the freedom of choice! Now if I can just get the Aldus APD to do the same to EPSF..no luck there yet – just changes the…
There is a way to edit the PostScript code for screen frequency and angle for Illustrator files. I have the code at work and can get it for you. But there's another way. Use Adobe Separator to output the file (black only), and but before you do, edit the PPD…
#6310-
Display Postscript
Message #6333
I spent a couple of hours today playing with the NeXT computer and can add the following to the discussion (from a non-Adobe person, of course): The NeXT computer's use of DP involves a binary preprocessor which helps to alleviate the overhead associated with passing readable ascii representations of numeric…
Transfer Modes
Message #6305
One of the most useful features of freehand is that you can modify the frequency and angles of dots and lines (tranfer modes) for object fills. Is there a chance that Adobe is working on incorporating such a feature in an Illustrator update? Otherwise, because I88 can handle 3-D modeling…
#6245-
#EPSF.FRM
Message #6255
I did read your message of 10/20. I attempted to respond, but something went awry with my session and the message was not sent. I don't know if you happened to see the message posted around Sept. 19 regarding the fact that I would now be handling the messages and…
I tried the same thing with the same problem. The file lacks line feeds and has garbage at the end. I sent an email request to the sysop but never got a reply. I guess that Adobe does not really have an interest in support. Did you ever get an…
Lori, Thanks for the reply. It makes it clear that it can be done either way with some supplemental help on the screen fonts and AFM's. My main concern was to ensure that either machine could access the fonts once downloaded. Thanks. Dick
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NEC-890-Recycling
Message #6206
Kerry, thanks for the info. Much appreciated. Dick
#6068-
Fonts VAX
Message #6188
I'd love to see the program. Hopefully, the unpacking won't be frowned on by Adobe. You've only done it so you can download from your host. As long as you plan on using it on one printer, or buying multiple licenses, I would hope it'd be OK.
Scott, Thanks. I have seen a few dot matrix printouts (proofs) of PostScript programs. I don't know what program produced them, but they were just awful. They couldn't even be used to tell where the images actually fell on the paper. Thank goodnessfor the Laser printers. Of course technology marc…
Rich, I don't imagine that any dot-natrix would look as good as the laser and I'm sure that PS is best used with 300 dpi, but I cant help but think that some primitive stuff might look OK on a 9 pin. I haven't had much luck locating anything. The…
At the Seybold Seminar last month, John Warnock (president of Adobe Systems) spoke briefly about Japanese (Kanji) PostScript. Apparently they are extending the PostScript language to provide additional features for Kanji. Although these extensions will be available for downloading to current PostScript printers, output will be much faster if a…
If you ever DO want dot-matrix printout, you can always print to an Imagewriter from Illustrator; or save a file as Encapsulated PostScript, then "place" the file into another application (like Pmaker or XPress) and print from that …there may be epson drivers for those other apps. -Scott Leyes
#Japanese Postscript
Message #6166
Does anyone have any solid information as to what is happening with development for Japanese(kanji) postscript? I have been hearing rumors for many months with no solid reports on progress or dates. I have spoken to Apple Japan who says they have tested alpha versions but can not say when…
Hi Kerry, Funny you should mention Hammermill — I do use their stuff, and I've pretty much liked it. Have now found an even better paper by the name of LaserEdge – it's superb. Has a finish much like RC paper, and really outdoes Hammermill. It's available Graphic Arts Supply,…
Joe, Before I got my Laserwriter, I asked this question of lots of people. Couldn't understand why Adobe hadn't developed an Epson-compatible driver considering all the Epson and Epson clones out there (as well as the millions of other dot matrix printers). Now seeing PostScript output on 300 dpi, I…
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#Display PostScript
Message #6156
I've heard that there are several PostScript-compatible interpreters available in the public domain. I've seen one, in C for Unix, from Europe, but the source I have is about two years old, and I imagine there has been an update. Another was supposedly developed at the University of Tokyo, written…
#6068-
Fonts VAX
Message #6154
I'd like to see your program, if nothing else, you could send it in Easyplex.
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