#The LaserLetter
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Hi:
Just received a sample copy of The LaserLetter in the mail today. It's
suppose to be a monthly aimed at the "PostScript Imagesetting Community".
(Gee, i didn't know we constituted a "community" already — can't wait 'til
we're a town).
Not badly done, but all the information on gray fountains was in the
PostScript Language Journal months ago (and what ever happened to that mag
— I haven't received an issue in eons). There is also a rather exhaustive
article on bounding boxes, which kind of walks you through high school
geometry again, for those who missed it.
Can't see swinging the $144 they're asking for it annually. Anyone hear of
Peter Fink Communications in Newton, MA? That's the publisher.
Besides Seybold, MacWeek and, now, Kathleen Tinkel's MacPrePress, what else
is outthere that's worth reading regularly for interesting news (and it
sure isn't Linotype's newletter, LinoTalk, which is about the worse written
and layed-out newsletter I've ever seen — definitely a candidate for a
redo by the folks at Newsletter Factory).
–jon
Don't forget TypeWorld, Jonathan. If nothing else, the editorials are
worth the price of the subscription – in the fine tradition of Bill Loeb,
Frank Romano is truly a New Hampshire classic! (Speaking as a former
resident of the "Live Free Or Die" state <that's the slogan that the state
prison's prisoners stamp on the license plates>)
–Thom
Thom:
I always thought New Hampshire's slogan was "Ski Free or Die". At least
that's what the downhill crew always told me.
How could I possibly forget Frank Romano? I've gotten TypeWorld for years
and watched as it went from seriously pooh-poohing PostScript to now
thinking it's the best thing since sliced bread.
I wouldn't consider it a great source of information, but the press
releases it prints does let you know when to start bugging people for
upgrades. I wouldn't have known about any of the LetrTuck upgrades (and its
Quark Xtension) if it wasn't for TypeWord (EDCO ain't one of the great
companies when it comes to mailings to its users).
–jon