pgil@oddjob.uchicago.edu (11/03/87)
A friend has asked me find out what packages are out there that will
allow him to write material using the Greek alphabet.
Ideally a WYSIWYG package would be nice, but if there are fonts that
can be used by DTP or WP programs, we would also be interested.
Are there such fonts for TeX?
At the moment, we are only interested in the PC world
but answers from the Mac camps will readily be entertained.
Answers to comp.text should you beleive the info to
be of general interest otherwise:
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pgil@sphinx.UChicago.edu
Paul Gilna, Ben May Institute
University of Chicago
(312) 702-6971
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Chuq "Fixed in 4.0" Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQnews@sun.uucp (news) (11/06/87)
For what it is worth -- SoftCraft has several Greek fonts
as I recall, and if you buy their LaserFonts package (or
several others, I think, but this one for sure) you also
get the Hershey database and a primitive font editor. I am
very pleased with the general quality of their products,
and the basic fonts come several per $15 disk. I bought a
Hebrew font from them that is quite useful. Warning - they
are not currently WYSIWYG. BUT - they are coming out with
in the very near future (may even have already been
released) a utility to make Windows screen fonts, which
means you get WYSIWYG with PageMaker, Windows Write, etc.
I don't have their address with me at the moment, but I can
easily get it if you need it. They also advertise in
several magazines. I also bought their version of
Bitstream's outline fonts and am quite happy with them. The
*only* gripe I have (and I need to write them a letter about
it) is that they provide a utility to change fonts from
their format to HP downloadable format, but not vice versa,
and you can only use their editor on fonts in their format.
Arrrgh. If you buy their $290 full-featured font editor,
they provide the additional utility for HP to SC.
Please feel free to ask any questions you may have - if I
can answer them I will.
One last nice note about SoftCraft - they have an 800
number for questions and orders. They also have helpful,
knowledgeable people answering the phone. I got my order
very promptly and it was even correct! :-)
Hey, if I can get Hebrew to work, Greek should be a piece
of cake! ( BIG :-) )
On a *slightly* different topic, I don't know if anyone else
has had the same problem, but while I was shopping for fonts
I contacted Bitstream. I got a singularly unhelpful person
at the other end of the phone (which was not easy to get to
since it always seemed to be busy) who didn't know the
product she was supposed to be selling. It took almost *2
months* for any product literature to reach me, by which
time I had given up waiting and purchased it from
SoftCraft. The font package that I received from SoftCraft
was completely (as far as I can tell) resold from whatever
Bitstream sent them. SoftCraft's name only appeared on the
outline generator, not on the outlines. I.e., don't bother
talking to Bitstream at all unless you are in a big hurry
to use the outlines with Ventura and can't wait for
SoftCraft's newest product (I think the name is WYSI Fonts).
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The 8/18/87 issue of PC Week has a review of multilingual packages on p. 61.
Leonard Li.
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There is a company in Madison WI which deals directly with foriegn/scientific
characters of all types. They have 2 products:
1. Full blown word processor. Good for editing real scientific type
papers. Doesn't compare to MS-word, WP or VW in regular tasks
(although it is usable).
2. TSR type program which works with most of the popular word
processors. It sits between your keyboard and your screen, as well
as between your computer and your printer. Does all the
interpretation you can think of allowing you to see the chars on
the screen (ROM needed if you don't have a graphics board). Works
with all the popular hardware (video/printers).
Image Processing Software
Madison Wis
608-233-5033
608-233-6093
Kurt J. Worrell USEnet: ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!kworrell
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