on 7/6/03 11:08 PM, Eric Henao at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > No, it helps when printing to any printer, Postscript, Laser or ink. ATM is > the font rasterizer for the fonts to be scaled to any size. The ATM Deluxe > also does some font smoothing on the screen, much like the option in the > appearance control panel. The Deluxe version also has the ability to > activated and deactivate fonts and create sets of fonts to de/activate. It > can also auto activated fonts when opening a document that contains a font > not currently active. >SNIP SNIP > Adobe has stopped supporting both of these programs. I have been using them > for years and am MUCH FRUSTRATED that they have been discontinued. There are > some updates on the Adobe site for both of the programs to bring them up to > the final revisions. (scroll to the bottom...) > Also both of the programs are OS 9.x only. I know that the ATM light works > in the Classic mode of X and I will find out how well ATR will work tomorrow > in Classic...
ATM really only benefits Type 1 fonts for viewing and printing those fonts at all sizes. In later versions it did an admirable job of organizing font collections as well. In OS X it's questionable whether it's even required. For font organizing purposes in OS X, Suitcase or FontAgent are way better choices. Both are so good, and getting better all the time, that you just know Adobe won't bother porting ATM over to OS X. But never say never. I realize I'm a bit jaded concerning ATM, and in it's latest incarnations it was/is a good application. But way back when, it caused so many problems and conflicts, that it gained a bad reputation. Part of troubleshooting back then almost always included the question, "do you have ATM installed?". But I realize I exaggerate sometimes. =) -Howie -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
