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Subject:Re: Font Tools and Libraries From:Beth Friedman <bjf -at- WAVEFRONT -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 24 Nov 1997 14:07:54 -0600
In our previous episode, Miark said:
>
> Now that I know the source of my font problems, can you suggest an easy way
> to convert fonts from TT to T1. I've looked at Fontographer, but that would
> be overkill. Type-Design 3.1 would be too, but it's less than half the price
> so I might go for that. Anybody here ever used it?
I've heard that Fontmonger does that, though I haven't tried it.
Fontagrapher is definitely overkill, though it's a nice tool.
> I'm also looking for some font libraries recommendations. I've looked at
> Adobe's stuff, but the bang:buck ratio doesn't do anything for me. I like
> variety, but my needs are not elaborate, so I'm thinking more along the
> lines of Expert Software's _2000 Fantastic Fonts_ which includes 2000 T1
> fonts for a measly $20.
My experience with cheap fonts, especially ones that have sound-alike
names, is that you get what you pay for. I've done well with
Monotype's bargain fonts, but I haven't seen a package for those in
quite a while.
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