CompuServe Messages

The Apple vs Adobe screen font question comes from printing at sites other than your own. If you have composed your document using Apple LW font, and print to a device that uses Adobe LW screen font, you will obtain disasterous results. The main difference is kerning information is contained in the Screen font, and each version is different. Second, Choosing Bold in the apple menu when using apple LW font causes the computer to scale the bold version; but in Adobe the bold version of that typeface is selected i.e – B Times 9PT rather than bolding a Times 9 Pt type. In some cases there will be little difference, in others major. Note the problem Garamond users have when they print to a service bureau using older version, and get type kerning problems. So specify what you are using, and make sure the system you are printing from uses the same typeface….or create a suitcase of your typefaces and take with you when you go to another machine to print.