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ADVERTISING
Message #13434
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Well, let's hope the folks at Adobe and Aldus are listening … I tried tinkering with the wordspace values in Xpress with similarly bad results. However, it *is* possible to set up an alternate H&J definition and apply that to an individual paragraph (or style) in Xpress. It's still clunky,…
Boy, Mike, you sure said that well! I can only add: "Amen!"
Joseph – (A note first – the saying around here is that ALL CAPS is like shouting. That idea's OK, but I simply find it yukky because it makes messages very difficult to read. Upper and lower case is for reading – all caps is for road signs.) After three…
Thanks for the reply. First off, if you use less words in an article, then there would be a necessity for more illustrations. Tell "them" I would like your thorough descriptions to be more thoroughly illustrated. Before my involvement in Mac DTP I never noticed type. Now I have gained…
#ADVERTISING
Message #13381
A FRIEND OF MINE HAS A LINOTRON AND A 2400/1200 MODEM AND WILL SHORTLY HAVE THEIR BBS SETUP FOR AUTOMATIC RECEIVING OF FILES, AND IS OFFERING $4 PER PAGE FOR OUTPUT WITH A SURCHARGE OF $1.50 PER PAGE SURCHARGE FOR FILM – THE LINO MONTHLY PAYMENT IS EATING THEM ALIVE…
Assume the artwork prints fine directly from Illustrator? What output device is this — an L100, by any chance? Which RIP? If PageMaker tries to print documents the printer finds are too complex (sometimes even on a LaserWriter Plus, though not often on a LWII), it will jettison downloaded fonts,…
Global tracking is definitely limiting, and I assume that's something that will be changed in the future. Tracking should be something you set in the Stylesheet; that way you can make the heads and text fit as they should without a lot of fiddling around I was suggesting that MacUser…
I agree that you could manually go in and kern character-by-character, but my experience with changing the space band parameters has been disasterous because it has a global effect. Changing space band and tracking parameters for just a line or two is a common method for traditional typographers to "cheat"…
Scott Thanks for the reply. I did just what you suggested but still had the same problem with the output. The font was downloaded for the "regular" PageMaker document but the EPS file still used courier for its fonts instead – almost as if it treated the EPS file as…
Kathleen Thanks for your reply but I am using 3.02 and still have the problem. See my reply to Scott R. Leyes. Rob
Actually, you can too do it in PageMaker, especially on a short line like that, by using the Command-Shift-Delete 'unkerning' stroke (I know, I can hear you groaning all the way from Phillie or Oahu or wherever you are); but it's not literally true that "it can't be done in…
I think MacUser is using PageMaker on a Mac, but can't remember when they started. Before MacWorld, though.
Is MacUser using DTP to do the magazine now? MacWorld has made a big deal out of their conversion to DTP, but I can't remember if MU did. The thought process on that paragraph was from the perspective of our markup-based traditional system. In general, I see the page and…
You brought up an excellent point but it can't be done in PM (i.e., change word space for 1 line). I thoughtlessly tried that once at the tail-end of a long document, only to watch it reflow for the next 5 minutes. It's that sort of line-by-line, word-by-word control that…
Not bad, Mr. Musick. You're probably right about the 'retailers' to 'dealers' change. If I weren't so lazy I'd set it up and try it, but I don't disagree particularly. However, it does seem that any really graceful solution would requre some reworking of the text. This is a tough…
Why not just change "Mac purchasers" to "Mac buyers" or even (pun intended) "Mac users"? Best, Dan "Why cheat the design when a little sensible editing will do?"
I dunno, Kathleen. It is possible to contour this particular paragraph without too badly violating the style book. I've always considered the drop-cap "A" to be an exception because of the unusually strong line the sides take combined with the lack of visual weight at the top of the character…
Joseph, PCSEND is packaged with the Adobe Type Library packages for the IBM. Since you purchased your fonts from Linotype, you will need to check with them to see if they have PCSEND available at this time. Lori Haines
Ooof. Just looking at that page (p. 27 in the October MacUser) makes me want to pounce. But I can (probably) restrain myself from asking too many penetrating questions about the unfocused layout to comment as requested on the first paragraph. Monday-morning quarterbacking is easy, of course, but I think…
Scott, (Hee, Hee) … and in the first paragraph of the Editor-in-Chief's article, no less! Brad
#Using Type
Message #13224
Kathleen, I wanted to tell you I enjoyed your "Usage Ain't Style" article in the October issue of Personal Publishing. The areas covered were very informative and I appreciated the detailed descriptions. I wish there was room for more illustrations, but the four samples were helpful. If you have the…
#pcsend
Message #13217
To Sysop How can I obtain a copy of PC send, I did not get it with my fonts from Linotype and I have pulled my hair out for over a year trying to get psdown to work. Thanks Joe Kampf
[continued] major parts of your system inaccessible. ^Steve^
Russ, Officially PrintMaster is only available with Varityper imagesetters. Unofficially, you might be able to get a copy from a friendly Varityper rep. Other advantages of PrintMaster from Southwest Software are: (1) A customizable job slug is printed at the beginning of a job. This helps to identify a job…
Hear that, Jungle? (Thanks, Bill, I'll give them a buzz, too.) …mm
PRINTER w/ HIGH Dmax
Message #13188
Grant– We *were* modulating on different frequencies. If you have a Postscript "printer" (as opposed to "imagesetter") that is producing film of any sort, as opposed to paper output, I think you have something very hot. If it'll do 11×17 output, you may want to package it in asbestos. We're…
#Post-Seybold
Message #13186
Steve– Thanks for the reply on printer controllers. I see that some of the Varityper DAs are available elsewhere in this forum, so maybe the person who put them on can help me hunt up a copy of PrintMaster. I'll also contact Southwest Software, although $500 is a lot of…
Collier Instruments, P.O. Box 9442, Berkeley, CA 94709 (415/845-6389) has an ad in the 1st September issue of TypeWorld advertising L300 cassette *repair*, and new cassettes for other machines. Don't know if they'd know anything about new cassettes for an L300, but it might be worth a try. (I *knew*…
Hi, Jungle, it was nice to see another CIS denizen at Seybold. Right offhand, I'm fairly certain that there are no alternate suppliers for whole takeup cassettes. We have five between the two machines, and, believe me, if there was something cheaper I'd have found it by now. Curiously enough,…
#PostScript from Comnd-K
Message #13169
PageMaker (or any application, for that matter) can get picky about what fonts are used in placed graphics. Since you are creating your "own" format EPS graphic, PageMaker may not be able to extract the font usage info from the file. Try this: make sure to specify at least ONE…
#PostScript from Comnd-K
Message #13167
What version of PageMaker are you using? Version 3.01 often failed to recognize type imported as EPS docs; version 3.02 solves all that (at least it did for me).
#L300 takeup canister
Message #13154
We are looking for a replacement takeup canister for our L300. Having a spare would be very useful, but they are "muy caro" from you-know-who. Any offers or alternatives appreciated. Thanks.
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PostScript from Comnd-K
Message #12958
Command-K will include all the "additional" information that LaserPrep send to the printer with any job, including actual PostScript font data. However………. This will only work IF you have the required POSTCRIPT PRINTER FONT in your own System folder. I dno't know of any way to direct where the "PostScript…
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service bureau
Message #3491
Adam, We will be revising our Service Bureau list in the near future. We are thinking about separating out Adobe Illustrator and Font dealers from the other Service Bureaus and creating two lists. Are you an Adobe Dealer? I will pass along your name and phone number and have some…