This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Denis, Are you saying that Navigator prepends the DL# with the file name and then it can locate it? That actually makes sense because I looked for the duplicates and they were in different DLs. There is one that is called .TXT and another .DOC. In regards to the F-Xtra.TXT,…
Tom, .That is a good question. Yes, the screen fonts are available for downloading without any charge. The only fees you pay are the access charges to CompuServe, connect time and your phone bill – the usual costs for using CompuServe. . .Hope you will make good use of the…
downloading fonts/files
Message #3524
John, I am not sure where you need the help. You have obviously been able to connect to CompuServe so you do have some functional communications software. What program are you using. At the ! prompt type go adobe. You will need to join the Adobe Forum in order to…
Jim, I do not know what may be causing the long processing time for your XPress document to print to a QMS PS800 printer. Fourty-five minutes does seem like a long time for a two page newsletter, but… Let me ask you a few more questions – what system and…
#EPSF and XPress
Message #3522
Here is a question from a user that was left as an easyplex message. I prefer to answer questions on the Adobe forum so that many users can read the response and also add their experience and information as well. ek I am running V1.1 Xpress with 5 small EPSF…
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screen fonts
Message #3518
Steve, Thanks for your response to Macuser. You gave them an accurate and clear response. I appreciate your help and support. -Esther Kletter
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screen fonts
Message #3517
Sorry about not responding to your question earlier. I do not remember receiving it. I will check back again. What sizes are these large sized fonts that you got from Apple? I was not aware of changes to the fonts that were being distributed. It has always been possible if…
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Ventura Pub. NEW UPGRADE
Message #3516
Bryan, Thank you for posting your message about the upgrades for Ventura Publisher. It was the case that rectangles with wide borders appeared to be poorly constructed. The edges did not always meet. There were several complaints that we received from users believing that it was their particular printer that…
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NEC LC890
Message #3515
Roger, Thank you for taking the time to explain how to set the legal operator and tell the printer to expect legal sized paper and therefore print the appropriate legal image. I will edit your response and add some information about the Supplement manual and then post it online in…
file format
Message #3514
Message 3394 was signed by Steve Ting, so I assume he wrote the message using Ken Larsen's account. Thank you for your suggestion about downloading UNSTUF.ARC from IBMCOM – DL2 for the PC or MACARC.BIN from the Borland programmer forum (BOR100). If you have copies of these files available can…
file format
Message #3513
Rich, There have been many messages back and forth between Richard Rose and myself and several other forum members. I do not want to rehash the discussions, but I would like to comment on your statement, "Other forums neatly catagorize the type of files available in each data library, so…
downloading PC fonts
Message #3499
John, I am sorry for the delay in responding to your message. I only read the easy plexes on the 76701,26 id. The font files that you referred to are fine; I have downloaded them. What baud rate are you using? I recommend 1200 baud for consistency. I have attempted…
pc fonts
Message #3498
Here is a message that was left as an easy plex for me. I prefer to receive this type of message on the forum so that others can benefit from the response as well. I…download files from DL-7. I managed to get: IBMSCR.DOC PCNAME.DOC WIN-GN.ARC PO-WIN.ARC ZP-WIN.ARC but: AG-WIN.ARC BK-WIN.ARC…
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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…
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What, no SYMBOL???
Message #3489
George, As you might have guessed you are not the first person to request the Symbol font for the PC. We are still in the process of testing it and the other ROM based fonts. In the process of font production the released Macintosh downloadable fonts received priority for porting…
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Illustrator
Message #3488
Kathleen, Thank you for your comments. I do understand your needs. I guess it sometimes comes down to having to set priorities and make choices. I was not really involved in the choices or decisions that were made in terms of the development and functionality of Adobe Illustrator. I continue…
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Margins on L100
Message #3487
Merv, Check the PostScript Supplement manual that came with the L100. It contains a section on setting the margins. You do have to take into consideration the height, width and offset of the page that you expect to print out, but in general you should be able to reset the…
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Pack It III
Message #3486
Keith, The PackIt III utility program is available in DL6. It is a Macintosh utility. -Esther Kletter
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APS support PS
Message #3485
There are lists of applications that support PostScript in DL8. These lists are broken down by environments. They include Apple, IBM PC and compatibles, Mini/Mainframes and Others such as Atari and Commodore. The lists are in ASCII text format for perusing online and in packed .SIT format for downloading. They…
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#Character Spacing Info
Message #3484
Scott, We provide the AFM files which do contain the font metric information. We do not have any "generic" character spacing charts because each font is quite different. It is possible to look at the file format for the AFM files and extract the information that you need. There is…
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#duplicate F-LWPL.TXT
Message #3483
Dennis, You are correct that there are two files with the same name. They are identical except that one with the earlier date has line feed characters at the end of each line so that the IBM PC folks can read it online. I will delete the earlier one. I…
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MISSING FILES
Message #3482
Roger, I was pretty certain that the font downloader for the Macintosh was online. It may be in DL6 with the Mac fonts. I know that the PC downloader is in DL7 and it is called PSDOWN. I will have to check further for you. About IDCON.TXT – I don't…
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templates
Message #3481
Scott, Thank you for your response to John Tippie. I also added some additional comments and then captured the thread of the messages. I will upload it to a DL5 for future reference. -Esther Kletter
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templates
Message #3480
continued from previous message…ek Since your output is not affected by the dpi of your scanned image, we advise that you scan full page images in at 75 dpi (25% of 300). If you do have an image that is made up of small detailed figures, you can scan the…
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templates
Message #3479
John, Usually, artists using Adobe Illustrator trace a scanned image to create high quality line art and original illustrations. You can use any scanner that saves a file in PICT or MacPaint format in order to be compatible with Adobe Illustrator. To scan full page images, the scanner software must…