This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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That's a wonderful story. I'm not positive your working definition of 'good type' will withstand all challenges, but it is in the cards for working definitions to take a little buffeting. I, too, learned to set type on IBM systems (I don't count several stints on 1940s/50s vintage Varitypers). The…
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,…
What sort of political consulting do you do? I do a fair amount of political work, myself. I'm working on a first selectman's campaign right now, in fact. There's nothing more exciting. (And I won't ask why 'Nostradamus,' intriguing though the question, hovering just before my lips, may be.)
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…
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.
Thanks. Are you a designer? I remember that you work on a PC, but don't know if I ever knew what you do.
What application are you using?
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…
Thank you for a clear explanation of this puzzling phenomenon. Would you mind if I copied it over on the Aldus forum where there has been a discussion of font style/size conflicts? (With header intact, of course.)
Thanks. I wouldn't ask anyone to 'always' agree with me — I don't always agree with myself. And I suppose you're right about coming to an agreement on terms. On the other hand, you can usually arrive at a working definition if you care enough.
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…
Thanks. I'd like to see 'good typography' defined some way that doesn't equate it with 'display typography,' 'ad typography,' (or, for that matter, with 'book typography'). Before we get caught up in another of these discussions maybe we should attempt to define good typography, by locating its extreme boundaries and…
#quality type
Message #13200
I wouldn't presume to label anyone a sinner. Why do we have to disagree? I didn't say I liked loose and sloppy type. I use negative leading all the time. We couldn't live without kerning, and I frequently mention that Adobe fonts, among others (but they're the market leader, after…
#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).
The trouble with playing devil's advocate all the time (and not using Nav's handy archiving feature) is that I don't really know what I might have said. Was it a weekend? I'm more likely to be provocative on the weekends. At any rate, a lot of changes have been announced…
Oh, good. Please let me know what's going on so I can consider it myself. It was interesting that the Dest scan had trouble while the AppleScan did not. XPress also seemed not to recognize that the AppleScan was line art; it presented me with the tone controls that are…
Thanks. I just had to reinitialize my Jasmine DD 70. The main symptom was PostScript code from an Illustrator 88 document appearing in a Navigator session file; I wasn't running MultiFinder. Disk First Aid confirmed that I had a problem (it couldn't verify my drive). Having seen messages about a…
I'm really sorry I didn't pay better attention to the thread. Can you possibly summarize for me? What sort of problem should I be watching out for? (I haven't had one that I know of, and I've been using the DirectDrive 70 since MacWorld in August.) Thanks. Kathleen
I haven't given it to Adobe to puzzle over. It seemed clear, sort of — that is, at actual size it prints OK on the LaserWriter. At that same size there are gaps in the hairlines on an L300. In the end I printed it larger on the LW for…
DrawOver has only worked for me occasionally (and then only on documents created in MacDraw, not PICT drawings from other applications like Canvas or SuperPaint). When it fails I have seen lots of different unpleasant crashes.
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JustText uses the font metrics information; PageMaker certainly does not.
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HELP with color
Message #6152
Have you been fiddling with the RAM cache? Are you trying to run MultiFinder and Illustrator? Adobe says you can run Illustrator 88 with 1 meg. With 2.5 megs and a Radius two-page display (which slows things down phenomenally) I can run it even under MultiFinder (but have to quit…
Philosophically . . .
Message #3471
I like the Ceramicron. It's a little coarse and fuzzy compared to a technical pen, but it seems willing to stay in my handbag for weeks on end, then make a mark when required to — and I can't say that about any Rapidograph that I've ever known. I think…
I have TOPS on my little network (Mac Plus, Mac SE, LaserWriter Plus) but it was not being used while I made the tests. (I do understand it's not entirely passive, but in any event, I was using the scanner connected to the SE and printing on the LW without…