shatara@memit.dec.com (Chris Shatara) (07/08/89)
I recall seeing a set of "Font Pack's" for multiscribe-GS from STYLEWARE. Is this package still around? Has it gone to Beagle Bros? Are there other Font pak's around for the GS. I have Multiscribe GS and with the exception of NewYork 9point, don't care for most of the fonts for most correspondence. Shaston, Geneva, etc look quite childish when printed out even when selecting BETTER TEXT. Any suggestions? -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Shatara shatara@memit.dec.com --or-- ...!decwrl!memit.dec.com!shatara --or-- shatara%memit.dec@decwrl.dec.com --------------------------------------------------------------------
jazzman@claris.com (Sydney R. Polk) (07/08/89)
From article <402@mountn.dec.com>, by shatara@memit.dec.com (Chris Shatara): > I recall seeing a set of "Font Pack's" for multiscribe-GS from STYLEWARE. > Is this package still around? Has it gone to Beagle Bros? Are there > other Font pak's around for the GS. Font Library was a StyleWare product, and the package now lies in Beagle's hands. > I have Multiscribe GS and with the exception of NewYork 9point, don't care > for most of the fonts for most correspondence. Shaston, Geneva, etc > look quite childish when printed out even when selecting BETTER TEXT. Well, I tend to agree. One thing you might try when using fonts, when you are printing in better text, it really helps if you have the same font in couble the size; i. e., if the doc is in Geneva-12, the output looks better if you also have Geneva-24. The Print Manager uses the doubled font to take advantage of the better resolution of the ImageWriter (or Epson). The screen resolution is pretty lousy, all told. -- Syd Polk | Wherever you go, there you are. jazzman@claris.com | Let the music be your light. GO 'STROS! | These opinions are mine. Any resemblence to other GO RICE! | opinions, real or fictitious, is purely coincidence.
mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) (07/10/89)
In article <402@mountn.dec.com> shatara@memit.dec.com (Chris Shatara) writes: > >I have Multiscribe GS and with the exception of NewYork 9point, don't care >for most of the fonts for most correspondence. Shaston, Geneva, etc >look quite childish when printed out even when selecting BETTER TEXT. > >Any suggestions? > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >Chris Shatara shatara@memit.dec.com > --or-- ...!decwrl!memit.dec.com!shatara > --or-- shatara%memit.dec@decwrl.dec.com >-------------------------------------------------------------------- Actually, you might try printing with the "condensed" option set. Since the fonts were usually designed for a 1:1 pixel aspect ratio and the IIgs really has a 5:12 ratio (in 640 mode), a 50% vertical reduction results in a 5:6 ratio, which is a lot closer to square. "Condensed" is actually a signal to some printer drivers (LaserWriter included) to print the text "normally." I know that Medley 2.0 (when released) will stretch all your artwork on the screen when you select condensed printing, so you have full, stretched control over it on the screen yet it comes out "normally" on paper. I think AWGS has capabilities to handle condensed printing as well. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Deatherage, Apple Computer, Inc. | "The opinions expressed in this tome Send PERSONAL mail ONLY (please) to: | should not be construed to imply that AppleLink PE: Matt DTS GEnie: AIIDTS | Apple Computer, Inc., or any of its CompuServe: 76703,3030 | subsidiaries, in whole or in part, Usenet: mattd@apple.com | have any opinion on any subject." UUCP: (other stuff)!ames!apple!mattd | "So there." -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALBRO@NIEHS.BITNET (07/12/89)
>From: Chris Shatara <shlump.dec.com!mountn.dec.com!memit.dec.com@DECWRL.DEC.COM > >I recall seeing a set of "Font Pack's" for multiscribe-GS from STYLEWARE. >Is this package still around? Has it gone to Beagle Bros? Are there >other Font pak's around for the GS. There are enough public domain fonts for the IIgs (usable by Multiscribe, etc.) on AppleLink PE (in the Word Processing Forum Library) to fill a 10 meg hard disk. As you would expect, some are pretty dopey, but others are excellent.