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Adobe and Microsoft do OpenType font spec (was Re: Favourite font for long passages?
Subject:Adobe and Microsoft do OpenType font spec (was Re: Favourite font for long passages? From:"Wilcox, John (WWC, Contractor)" <wilcoxj -at- WDNI -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 28 Jan 1998 15:16:00 -0800
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From: Stephen D. Martin
To: Wilcox, John (WWC, Contractor)
> Several years ago I wrote a manual in Word on a Macintosh, and
> used Palatino as the main text font. It's one of my favourites. Now,
> I use a PC and applications such as WordPerfect and Corel Draw. Is
> there a similar font to Palatino available?
>
> >>> Oh, yes! Get it from Adobe. (I think it comes standard on some
PS
>
> What fonts do you "pros" prefer?
>
> >>> Palatino.
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Having just re-installed my entire system (upgraded to a 3.5 Gig drive),
Palatino didn't reappear with Adobe Type Manager or PageMaker 6.5, so
I'm
scratching my head wondering where we got it from in the first place.
Do you know which (if any) packages shipped with Palatino?
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Seems to me that way back when it was one of the 35 standard fonts that
came with a PS laser printer. That wouldn't help with the screen font,
but Word wasn't wysiwyg then anyway. I just did a search on the Adobe
web site and found that Palatino comes in their Type Basics product.
List price is $198 for it + 64 other fonts. See http://www.adobe.com/supportservice/custsupport/NOTES/2332.htm
Undoubtedly, it would be available in Type On Call, too.
The search also turned up this interesting article (9 months old, so
many of you probably know about this -- please excuse my ignorance):
"Adobe Systems and Microsoft Deliver OpenType Font Specification." See http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/publicrelations/HTML/9704/970423.admicty
p.html
The first font to be released in this standard? Palatino! (which turns
out to be a trademark of Linotype-Hell AG, btw).
Regards,
John Wilcox, Documentation Specialist
Timberlands Information Services, Application Delivery Group
Weyerhaeuser, WWC 2E2, Box 2999
Tacoma, WA 98477-2999 USA
253-924-7972 mailto:wilcoxj -at- wdni -dot- com
(I don't speak for Weyerhaeuser, and they return the favor.)
