[comp.sys.mac.system] TrueType and the LaserWriter 6.1 Driver

berliner@tramp.Colorado.EDU (BERLINER MARTIN) (03/23/91)

I just downloaded the TrueType fonts, etc. last night.  Some problems:

---	I believe that the new laserwriter driver contains the TrueType
	rasterizing engine imbedded within (such for the large size) and
	as was mentioned earlier, when 'postscript file' is selected in
	the print dialog, the laser prep is appended to the start of the
	file.  Are both of these additions entirely necessary?  (Not a
	bad problem, per se)

---	Worse.  MS Word 4.0, one line of 24 point times italic, one line of
	32 point symbol.  They look great on my screen, but when printed
	with the new Laserwriter driver I get a postscript file _807K_ long.
	When LaserWriter 5.2 is used, the postscript file is 1K.  My 
	question: why does the new laserwriter rasterize fonts that are
	resident in every postscript printer?  This seems to be a problem...

And last, it seems that PopChar does not work with TrueType fonts.  Sigh...

Any words from the more wise about these occurrences?

-Marty Berliner
Deptartment of Chemsitry and Biochemistry
University of Colorado, Boulder