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Create text file w/QK?
Message #110393
I'd like to create a QK that will take the current selection and paste it into a standalone text file. Ideally, the QK wouldn't need another program (such as a word processor or DA) to create the text file. Any suggestions? Best, Dan
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QK and PB170
Message #110331
Thanks, Don. I'll give it a try. Best, Dan
Mike, Let me know how it comes out. I know one guy who tried the same thing but couldn't get it to work. You'll also need to worry about the bitmaps. Despite Display PostScript, NeXT does rely on bitmaps for small point sizes (a la ATM).
I have heard talk that a version 1.02 of ATM is being sent to all registered users. It supposedly fixes the problems with Bitstream fonts. Unfortunately, I'm not sure of the timing.
My understanding is that there is nothing _currently_ in the law that would prevent you from selling an identical copy of a font with a new name. I'd guess, however, that Bitstream and CG made slight changes so that they wouldn't be vulnerable in the likely event that the law…
According to Adobe, they haveno problem with Metamorphasis being used for personal uses. Adobe does, however, regard any commercial distribution of a font generated from an Adobe font as a violation of its license agreement.
Coincidental to all of this, there has been a very important ruling by the copyright office announced this week. Adobe has been granted a copyright related to is version of ITC Garamond Light. Note that I say "related." Traditionally, you have not been able to copyright the design of a…
Chip, So am I correct that once you've evaluated all the faces, there will be an updated version of TurboRes? Also, I've seen TurboRes advertised with a product from a company called Raster Devices. They're located up in your neck of the woods–and their ads strike me as quite similar…
Part of the problem, undoubtedly, is that Amerigo is a chunky face designed for low-resolution lasers. Publish, on the other hand, uses New Baskerville, a face with very thin serifs that start to fall off even at 1,270 from a Lino.
Thanks, Pete. I think you've put the issue into the proper context. For individual users, Metamorphasis will be a great product. At the same time, I hope that anyone who uses it illegally gets exactly what's coming to them.
Well, I _personally_ don't own or use any Bitstream fonts. Though I suppose they do have a few originals that fall outside of these discussions. More to the point, I had a very interesting discussion with Adobe yesterday. In regards to Metamophasis, they have no problem with someone using it…
True, but how many of them are being used for serious DTP, and how many are just pumping our correspondence in 12-point Courier?
Sorry. Passing off someone else's work as your own is wrong. Pure and simple.
2,540 isn't overkill if you're using a face with very thin and/or subtle serifs. We use New Baskerville and can see a very big difference between 1,270 and 2,540.
I can't help wondering how Earl and the folks at Altsys would react if I were to write a program that reaches out into RAM, sucks out the code of any application (Fontographer, perhaps?) and then writes to disk an application with the same functionality that I could freely market…
Take it a step further: Once the Type 1 spec is released, Fontographer will amost certainly gain the ability to produce hinted, encrypted Type 1 fonts. At that point, we could create our own Type 1 library.
That's a good suggestion. We've gotten our best (and most predictable) results by doing just that!
One small consolation to supporting NeXT at your shop is that, at least for the short term, you know that you have all the fonts. All four of them.
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Message #5785
I'm ashamed to admit that if I have to choose between great suits and the motorcycle, I'll take the suits. (Sorry Dianne!) My God, I've become my father.
If your work is primarily 300 dpi, then you'd also want to stick with Adobe faces, because, as a group, they look better at that resolution than do the others. P.S. Higher-res laser printers aren't necessarily the answer. Check out the type in Publish!'s review of LaserMaster 1,000×1,000 printer for…