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Sorry, if I misinterpreted you. Looking back over the messages, I think my misunderstanding had something to do with the probable loss of hinting when converting fonts Royal <-> PS. If the Line Layout Manager is part of the operating system, shouldn't it work with _any_ kind of fonts the system is using? I also note Apple's "decision" to let System 7 support ATM. That seems to indicate to me that LLM features would be available for PS fonts. Of course, I'm not up on all this technical stuff about System 7, but that's the impression I get. (And automatically hung punctuation will be nice to have, although I personally do not do that much work that requires it.) But I guess Apple could build in features that would only be useable by Royal fonts. (Which, if Microsoft doesn't build the same features into OS/2 and the Presentation Manager, might make OS/2 users a bit miffed if they think that because they're using the same font technology, they should get the same features.) More speculation: for the same reason System 7 is supporting ATM, I would venture that almost every feature would have to be useable by PS fonts, just so Apple doesn't end up alienating those of us who have put a substantial investment into PS fonts. But if conversion is necessary and is quick, easy and maintains high fidelity (which is not certain), then I would hope that Apple would make a PS to Royal conversion utility available at a minimal cost, if they want to lure us to Royal. And, if that's the case, then decisions would only have to be made on new acquisitions, since our old type libraries can be converted. Which brings me to the next question: How necessary is it that Apple market new Royal fonts (i.e. fonts which have no Adobe counterpart) in order to grab some immediate market?