Re: [WinMac] Palatino font for Windows 3.1/95/NT

Robert James, Jr.(rjames[at]chi1.uncfsu.edu)
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:09:14 EST

With all the talk recently about excessive quoting, I thought I'd
tell you all how much I appreciated Romeyn's amount of quoting in his
latest post about Mac Palatino vs. Win Palatino. Since the Win/Mac
font thread is relatively old, I needed to be refreshed on some of
the points that had been made previously. I think Romeyn's quotes
(included below) did the job.

I've never had a problem reading quoted material. Just thought you'd
appreciate some _positive_ comments...

> >>> > - Why use the postscript fonts & ATM, why not just use a TrueType
> >>>font and
> >>> > no extra software?
> >>>
> >>> because you specified that the font had to apper the same on both
> >>> platforms. If you can find identical TrueType fonts, go ahead and use
> >>> them. Beware, though, just because the font is called Palatino, doesn't
> >>> mean that all versions of Palatino are alike...
> >>
> >>The other choice is to use the same font. Just use Fontographer to
> >>convert to the other platform.
> >>
> >>Even doing this, you may have to tweak the design some. There are some
> >>differences in font design between the platforms. I've found that moving
> >>from mac to win sometimes results in heavier characters. Apparently due
> >>to how the outline line of the character is handled.
> >
> >That's actually the advantage of using Postscript -> the font rendering
> >is done by the postScript driver, not by the OS = no difference between
> >platforms. If you need the fonts to look identical, this is definately
> >the way to go.
> >
>
>
> Why not convert TT fonts for use on the other platform?
>
> ...ROMeyn

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