CompuServe Messages

John: The whole Gold Disk/CompuGraphic/Commodore thing was kind of shady: it's hard to say what went on. Before WB 2.0 made it's (opinion: "premature") entrance, there was alot of talk about an OS-based scalable font system (like ATM, I guess), but then I heard that CG told Commodore to hit the road and that left Gold Disk to hawk fonts for itself and now the only thing you've got in WB 2.0 is the ability to use proportional fonts in the WorkBench (Wheeee! (Sorry, I'm not too thrilled with WB 2.0, as you might have guessed…)). I would have to say that the most logical route for any system to take is the direct support for Type 1 fonts but it'd be hard for C= to come out and say "Look, we have a system for handling scalable fonts but Adobe doesn't like us so you'll have to port your Mac or IBM Type 1 fonts over first!" I mean, it doesn't look good, right? Personally, I hope some sort of deal with CG is NOT struck with C=; imagine the confusion (as well as the end-user cost) in having to support all the different font formats! What a headache! One of the things that we're working towards is being able to create a program or series of programs that integrates Mac OR IBM Type 1 fonts in such a way that they can be used by a variety of products. However, as I'm sure you're well aware, so much of the problem with writing conversion software lies in the individual short-comings found in the various programs and file-formats you support. Trying to cut down the confusion while juggling so many "standards". Yeeeesh! Almost enough to make you go and settle for a Mac Classic sometimes. Talk to you soon. Gary. – Mirror Image Prod. (416) 495-7469, via WHAP!