FXDDR@ALASKA.BITNET (07/20/87)
I've mentioned the good results possible with Publishing Partner and the Apple LaserWriter. SoftLogik is coming up with some support for this now. They have three series of disks out now: 1) Clip art, DEGAS-compatible I believe. 2) PostScript fonts. All of the LaserWriter Plus fonts, and I think a couple of bitmap fonts (yuk). They all have printer fonts so they can be used on HP LaserJet and dot matrix printers too. Times-Roman and Symbol are avail- able, unfortunately on different disks (c$30 each). The Times-Roman used on the LaserJet is good but definitely inferior to the LaserWriter Times- Roman or the HP Times-Roman cartridge. I'm not sure if it is good enough for camera-ready applications. Also, I haven't seen the Symbol font; if the simple keyboard mapping is used, you'll have Greek but will be missing some important math symbols (like multipart parens and integrals)... 3) Non-PostScript fonts, no good for LaserWriters but okay for everything else. Includes some neat script and calligraphic fonts for invitations and notices. About $25 each. The first two series are marketed as "The Font Factory" disks; the last is on the SoftLogik label. It looks to me like you will want a LaserWriter for the highest quality output. Or it might be possible to jury-rig things to use the HP cartidge fonts for quality text output...I may give that a try if "The Boss" isn't happy with the current LaserJet driver. The desktop publishing saga continues... Don Rice FXDDR@ALASKA.BITNET