usenet@cuae2.UUCP (Netnews Admin) (08/13/86)
SoftQuad Publishing Software is a high performance implementation of AT&T's Documenter's Workbench (DWB) Version 2.0, complete with troff, eqn, tbl, pic and grap processors for text, equations, tables, pictures, and graphs. We offer support for common laserprinters including the HP LaserJet and LaserJet+(tm), PostScript(tm), Imagen imPRESS(tm), as well as several phototypesetters. We can ship today (non-vaporware) for these printers on most popular computers (SUN UNIX 3, VAX 4.2, VAX SV, 3B1, 3B2, ...). For others, please ask us about delivery dates. SoftQuad Publishing Software is a cost-effective solution for most publishing and in-house publishing tasks: manuals, reports, books, proposals, price lists, newsletters, and memos. It is about 99% compatible with previous versions of troff. The intermediate language has been totally rewritten to provide a better specification of troff's intention rather than specifying the minute details of a low-level typesetter. In the process we made it much more amenable to processing with standard UNIX tools. We also provide two types of kerning support, a hyphenation exception dictionary, automatic emboldening of a font (for producing fake Bold face when you don't really have bold), better error checking and messages, and other features. Of course, every copy of the software includes a conversion utility to produce old `ditroff' intermediate code, so you can continue to use your old ditroff drivers for devices we don't yet support and still get the benefits of our kerning, hyphenation, etc. SoftQuad provides training and telephone support at a nominal charge to both end users and dealers. Bug fixes are provided at no charge; updates are available at a cost equal to 20% of the original purchase price. SoftQuad Publishing Software has detailed, accessible documentation: * Technical Product Description (available now) * System Administrator's Guide (available now) * Reference Guide (available 15 September 1986) In addition, SoftQuad and its team of typographers and designers will publish a newsletter which offers a basic graphic arts education, format-specific design advice, and introduces the concepts of fine typography. Many new products are planned, including some impressive macro packages. For information, please contact SoftQuad at 720 Spadina Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2T9, phone 416-963-8337, or by uucp at utzoo!sq!mail. -- Ron Heiby usenet@cuae2.ATT.COM Moderator: mod.newprod & mod.os.unix AT&T-IS, /app/eng, Lisle, IL (312) 810-6109 Submissions should go to newprod@cbosgd.ATT.COM. Comments to the moderator should go to newprod-request@cbosgd.ATT.COM. Requests for information should go to the author of the message.