From: mlipsie@rdm09.std.com (Mike Lipsie MPU)
Subject: Re: ATM
Organization: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
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In article <1r1jq4$af5@network.ucsd.edu> adean@weber.ucsd.edu (Anthony V. Dean) writes:
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>I've been reading, with much confusion, about whether or not to use
>ATManager. Lately, all the packages I've been buying have all
>included ATManager as a "bonus"

Adobe has been doing this for years.

>I do some desktop publishing using PageMaker and Coreldraw.
>Coreldraw comes with a nifty laser disk that contains over 200 diff
>types. Add that to the TTfonts that come with win31 and you have a
>decent amount of fonts. I print my creations out on an HP4
>Postcript, at 600 dpi resolution with the "Resolution Enhancement 
>Technology" and ..  well ... I get some darn good copies. 
>So good that there isn't any diff whether or not ATManager is turned
>on or not. Is it worth it to run ATM at all? Especially with these
>better printer technologies ... and TT?

There are some fonts that are only available as PS fonts.  If you
have a PS font that you want to use, use ATM.  Otherwise, it is
a waste of system resources.

Personally, I use both.

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Mike Lipsie                                (work) mlipsie@ca.merl.com
Mitsubishi Electronic Research Laboratory  (home) mikel@dosbears.UUCP
