[WinMac] RE: Graphic production, which is the better platform? Typefaces are an issue.

Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Mon, 11 Jan 1999 22:47:45 -0500

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Good evening, Matt!

At 02:16 PM 1/11/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Dan wrote...
>
>5) Typefaces are a non-issue: Use Macromedia (neé Altsys) Fontographer *on
>the Mac* to convert your typeface library to PC format. Fontographer 4.1.5
>on the Mac can read in both PostScript Type 1 and TrueType scaleable
>typefaces in both Mac Windows formats; and can generate Mac & Windows
>TrueType and Type 1 typefaces...
>
>This is false. Typefaces can be converted, however, many extended ASCII
>characters commonly used in high end production such as ligatures do not
>translate to windows no matter what you do. That is because the encoding
>Apple used back in '83 was not followed by Windows above 127. There are
>currently no utilities to fix legacy data or convert files created on Macs
>and sent to Windows.

Good point, and it is true, to a degree. Very few artists use ligatures
(Option-Shift-5 and Option-Shift-6); and even when they do spell-checkers
catch & replace them. Besides, UniCode takes care of these issues, too...
And this is in addition to code-page switching (PC) and/or calling up
different keyboard layouts (MacOS). [BTW, I used the fi (Opt-Sh-5) ligature
in my old corporate logo, which had the word "Certified." And I also have
the extended character set including the "ffi" and "ffl" ligatures for my
old corporate typeface, Adobe Garamond.]

Since you work for a multinational company, you may want to start
implementing two byte characters across the board... Just a thought...

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        Daniel L. Schwartz,
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