kuo@tramp.Colorado.EDU (Andy Y.A. Kuo) (08/26/89)
I have some general Mac questions that I would appreciate any help or hints you might have. 1) What does the Laser_Prep file do? The system seem to work fine without it. If it can be "leagally" trashed permanently from the disk, then it would save some space especially for a 800k boot disk. 2) Of the screen display fonts in the System, I know that(when printing) Monaco will direct to Courier, NewYork will direct to Times. Does Geneva direct to Helveltica? Is Chicago just stay as bitmaped? Is there any disadvantage using the screen bit-mapped fonts(which will direct to postscript fonts anyway) on a Laser printer? Is there some good book that has more info on the Apple Fonts that you might suggest? 3) Some Applications doesn't allow multi-launch(unlimited to just one-user) on the AppleShare. Some Application only allow one user at a time. Does anyone has a brief list of what are the software that allow multi-user and the ones that doens't support that. Is there anyway to get around that? I read about Multi Launcher application not long ago on the net, but it seem to be a Finder replacement for using Multifinder, will it help? Appreciate any help! Andy Internet: kuo@tramp.Colorado.Edu
dorourke@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (David M. O'Rourke) (08/26/89)
kuo@tramp.Colorado.EDU (Andy Y.A. Kuo) writes: >1) What does the Laser_Prep file do? Laser_Prep is only necessary if you're the 1st person to print to an Apple LaserWriter since it's been turned on. LaserPrep prepares the printer for Apple's "flavor" of postscript. It's not necessary unless you're going to be printing. >2) Of the screen display fonts in the System, I know that(when printing) > Monaco will direct to Courier, NewYork will direct to Times. Does > Geneva direct to Helveltica? Is Chicago just stay as bitmaped? Is > there any disadvantage using the screen bit-mapped fonts(which will > direct to postscript fonts anyway) on a Laser printer? Is there Don't know about Chicago, but memory seems to think it stays bitmapped. The only problem with using mapped fonts is that the screen rendition of a document could be *very* different from what comes out on the printer. You really should use the font that you're going to print in for the most accurate WSIYWG on the screen. -- \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|///////////////////////////////////////// David M. O'Rourke____________________|_____________dorourke@polyslo.calpoly.edu | God doesn't know, he would have never designed it like that in the first | |_ place. ____________________________________________________________________|
parent@apple.com (Sean Parent) (08/26/89)
In article <11053@boulder.Colorado.EDU> kuo@tramp.Colorado.EDU (Andy Y.A. Kuo) writes: > 1) What does the Laser_Prep file do? The system seem to work fine > without it. The LaserPrep file is used to initilize the LaserWriter the first time a job is printed to it after a restart (of the printer). > 2) Of the screen display fonts in the System, I know that(when printing) > Monaco will direct to Courier, NewYork will direct to Times. Does > Geneva direct to Helveltica? Is Chicago just stay as bitmaped? Is > there any disadvantage using the screen bit-mapped fonts(which will > direct to postscript fonts anyway) on a Laser printer? Is there > some good book that has more info on the Apple Fonts that you might > suggest? Yes, Geneva is substituted with Times. Chicago just stays a bitmap. The font substitution mechanism was but in place to support old documents when the LaserWriter first came out and to provide resonable output to the user who does not know to pick the LaserWriter fonts. However, the text on the printer must be layed out to match the screen spacing of the font that is being replaced. This is not the optimal layout for the substituded font so you will get better looking output if you choose the proper font in the first place. Sorry, I don't have any good book sugestions (anyone else?). Sean Parent
greg@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (greg Nowak) (08/27/89)
In article <13809@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> dorourke@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (David M. O'Rourke) writes: } } Don't know about Chicago, but memory seems to think it stays bitmapped. The }only problem with using mapped fonts is that the screen rendition of a }document could be *very* different from what comes out on the printer. You }really should use the font that you're going to print in for the most }accurate WSIYWG on the screen. }-- Chicago does stay bitmapped (looks identical on laser or screen). Actually, I am amazed at how many people will compose a document in 10-point Times, squinting all the while, just because they are going to print it in 10-point Times. Since bitmapped fonts have been optimized for screen readability, while screen versions of laser fonts generally haven't (at least by comparison) it makes much more sense to compose your document in whatever you find most legible, and then select all and change to your output font for a quick preview before printing.
greg@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (greg Nowak) (08/27/89)
OOPS -- the last posting on using screen fonts should have included my .sig. It was posted by: Ben Wilkes bgwilkes@confidence.Princeton.edu not by Greg Nowak (who lets me read news on his account)
Dana.Keil@f444.n161.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Dana Keil) (09/08/89)
I agree that reading a Laserwriter font on the screen is silly and that its a good idea to change just before printing but with the caveat that if you're working in Word its far better to change the normal style back and forth between screen font for reading and laser font for printing. Selecting all and changing font is *not* what you want to do because that will loose any special font changes you may have made (like symbol). Its also better not to rely on font substitution because, although the characters will get substituted (Times for New York, etc.) the character spacing does not and it won't look as good as when printed with the proper font selected instead of just substituted. -- ------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNet: 1:161/445 UUCP: sun!apple!bmug!<User.Name> INTERNET: bmug!<User.Name>@apple.COM or <User.Name>@bmug.fidonet.org USNAIL: BMUG, 1442A Walnut St. #62, Berkeley, CA 94709-1496 ------------------------------------------------------------- BMUG ARPANET ADDRESSES: Newsletter submissions: pub@bmug.fidonet.org Membership or business: biz@bmug.fidonet.org Information: info@bmug.fidonet.org Help Line Questions: help@bmug.fidonet.org