[net.micro.mac] Hints on editing for future LaserWriter printout.

rogerio@cornell.UUCP (Rogerio Drummond) (06/30/85)

Here are some hints on how to use the LaserWriter.
The most annoying thing I found about using the LaserWriter
is the bad quality of its fonts on the Mac screen and on the
ImageWriter.

To minimize this problem I did the following trick.
I created a new font (say TTimes) containing the sizes I want my
final printout to be.  The TTimes font has the same resource
id as the Times font but contains the fonts I like best on the
screen.  So I have a startup disk with TTimes (and no Times font),
this is my editing disk.  The text will be displayed with the fonts
that are easy to read while I am editing the text.

On a second system disk I have the Times font (and no TTimes).
With this disk the text is displayed with the real Times font.
As the Times id was preserved I can in fact use any system with
the Times font installed to have a preview of the LaserWriter output,
to arrange the layout and to actualy print the text on a LaserWriter..

For example my TTimes have 
TTimes-9  =	Monaco-6   (is very small and good for subscripts)
TTimes-12 =	Toronto-9  (easy to read and concise)
TTimes-18 =	Monaco-12  (to get good printing of Monaco-6 on
			    the ImageWriter)
TTimes-24 =	Toronto-24 (same as above)

The recipe to create a faked font such as TTimes that simulates
the Times font follows.

-with the Font/DA Mover create a font file (eg. TTimes) containing
 Monaco6 and 12, and Toronto9 and 18.

-get the ids of the fonts you want to simulate (in our example Times9,
 12, 18 and 24).  This can be done by opening any file what contains
 the Times font with the resource editor (NOT the international editor).
 The id of a font is a base_id + size.  Thus it is enough
 to get the id of Times for one size.  Times10 has id 2570 for example.

-with the resource editor open the file TTimes and its Font resource.

-for each font there do 
	-duplicate the font
	-give the family name you want (eg. TTimes).  It better be
	 distinct from the names of real fonts.
	-choose get info for this font and change its id to be the
	 id of the font you want to simulate. (TTimes9 should be set
	 to 2569)

-remove the original fonts from the TTimes file by cutting them out.

-close the TTimes file and choose SAVE.

-quit from the resource editor.

At this point the font TTimes can be installed in any system file with
the Font/DA Mover.  Be sure to remove the real Times font from the
system you want to install TTimes.  I don't know what the F/DA Mover
would do in this case (it may renumber the new font).

Good luck on your LaserWriting.

		Rogerio Drummond
		Cornell University
		arpanet:rogerio@gvax.arpa

PS:Times0=2560,Helvetica0=2688,Curier0=2816 and Symbol0=2944