[comp.lang.postscript] MS Windows and PostScript

paine@fungus.dec.com (Willy Paine) (04/17/89)

I notice that MS Windows/386 comes with only four fonts for PostScripts
and I am wondering if other Windows based software like PageMaker and
Illustrator have more fonts for Windows.   I am using MS Write.  I am 
looking for Word Processor that I can check with fonts on the screen
before I print out.  MS Word is not easy to work with PostScript because
fonts have different sizes and it does not display well on the screen
before I can print.   I am not really serious about getting Pagemaker
or Illustrator.
 
Willy
 

hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft) (04/19/89)

In article <8904171658.AA09442@decwrl.dec.com>, paine@fungus.dec.com (Willy Paine) writes:
> I notice that MS Windows/386 comes with only four fonts for PostScripts
> and I am wondering if other Windows based software like PageMaker and
> Illustrator have more fonts for Windows.   I am using MS Write.  I am
> looking for Word Processor that I can check with fonts on the screen
> before I print out.  MS Word is not easy to work with PostScript because
> fonts have different sizes and it does not display well on the screen
> before I can print.   I am not really serious about getting Pagemaker
> or Illustrator.
>
> Willy
>
Willy,
    MS Word is now available running under Windows - at least in the US. It
hasn't been released here in Australia. You can obtain additional screen fonts
to match the built-in fonts in most PS printers from Adobe or their agents at
reasonable cost. However, I'm still trying to get a Symbol screen font. I've
purchased the Dingbats and Chancery screen fonts, and they work fine. I'd also
like to get hold of a Windows application that builds equations to go into Write
or Word.
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