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Chip, I remember back when I couldn't believe that Bitstream would ever make a mistake in their kerning and width tables, and I thought LaserMaster was BS'ing me about the fonts (for example, Bodoni and Baskerville) looking better with PostScript width tables, but darned if you didn't turn out to be right after all. Bitstream's kerning table for Baskerville Italic, for instance, says that in the combination "fa", the "a" should be moved _further_ from the "f" than normal–which is exactly backwards. As I said, I refused to believe this until I made a list of the bad-looking pairs, disassembled Bitstream's kerning tables and saw it for myself. So, I think at this point I'm going to trust what you're telling me about the troubles with certain of their fonts. It is certainly my experience that the vast majority of the 800 and 1000 dpi printout I've seen has been first-rate. Still, until you've dealt with the problem you mentioned, how do I know what will work and what will not? Can I upgrade my LX 6 to 800 x 800 dpi, and then run the pre-TurboRes software and avoid the problems? –I understand that this release of the software allows LX 6 users to use Adobe Type 1 fonts. Have there been any similar problems with those?