tp@mccall.com (Terry Poot) (11/17/90)
I just read the press release from Sun about their OpenWindows sources code giveaway. The press release mentiones "OpenFonts(TM) with its TypeScaler(TM) technology" as part of the package. I have a few questions for people who know about this software: 1) Can this be the same software that a well known font vendor and Sun licensee has proposed to license to me for an obscene (5 digit) price? (He just called me again this morning!) 2) I have an application that needs to print quality text on an electrostatic plotter (Versatec 400dpi). I was intending to imbed TypeScaler software into my application to acomplish this. (My application is strictly in-house, no distribution, sale, licensing, royalties, etc.) Any reason I can't use this software distribution for that purpose? 3) What fonts come with it? What kinds of fonts can it use? Where can I get them (free, commercial, etc.)? I need a good sans-serif (something like helvetica), a sans-serif Cyrillic, and Kanji. 4) It says the source will be available for $995(!) media charge from Sun distributors on January 1. Can anyone tell me where I can find a Sun distributor in Kansas? I want my tape ASAP (depending on the answer to the above questions, of course). -- Terry Poot <tp@mccall.com> The McCall Pattern Company (uucp: ...!rutgers!ksuvax1!mccall!tp) 615 McCall Road (800)255-2762, in KS (913)776-4041 Manhattan, KS 66502, USA