Well, Andy I set type back in 1974, by hand (well, almost... smile),
burned the plates and ran the KORD myself, folded the parents sheets,
collated signatures, perfect bound and trimmed... Those were the
days, ... (you can have them! I much rather outsource as we do
today... ) I remember the first AFGA we got, yes, true we had more
precise control then than we do now, though Abobe's optical is pretty
amazing...
True, the new layout programs still don't cut it (we set the kerning
pairs by hand for every font we used in Quark...) by old world
standards. But we are talking apples and oranges. You are in another
zone... I looking for some simple functions for Rev fields, nothing
more than simple alignment controls per para in a single field,
basic justification & tab controls per paragraph, We can leave the
fine H & J's out of this equation...
I'll check on Scott rolling credits...
Sivakatirswami
On Dec 16, 2005, at 3:26 AM, yoy wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sivakatirswami" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 6:01 AM
Subject: "Typesetting" functions
As one who is spoiled by options for very precise control over type
all these years (Quark and now InDesign) the challenges of making
text look good in a Revolution field seem daunting.
You think Quark and InDesign gave you precise control over high
quality
typography? You're way off the mark.
I typeset on CCI back in 1982 which was the best in it's day.
Granted it was
balck type on white paper. When Adobe introduced PostScript, I took
their
clases and wrote a typesetting system that fell short in kerning and
tracking, but excelled in features that have yet seen the light of
day.
So in my experience of over 23 years in the field and asking the
Magic-8
Ball, "The chances are unlikely."
But anyway, have a look at my old typegauge, written entirely in
postscript,
then PDFd.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/foxcat/GAUGE_88.pdf
Enjoy
Andy Burns
Media, PA
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