On 14-Nov-00,* Don Cox*, of Planet Eros, wrote these Wise Words:
>> I fear that we will never get proper scalable PostScript printing
>> on the Amiga in my lifetime... and certainly not before the Classic
>> Amiga becomes a forgotten memory.
>
> I don't see why not. We have had proper scalable Postscript printing
> from programs such as ProPage, PageStream, Publisher, Final Writer,
> etc for many years. I use a Postscript laser for all my printing.
Well, as I said in a previous mail, I should have been more specific.
I did mean in an Amiga browser...
> The output requirements for a browser are much simpler than from a
> DTP program. There is no rotated text, for instance, and no
> structured graphics (except in Flash). The most basic Postscript
> commands are all that is needed.
If it is that easy, I would have thought that all those hotshot
Amiga programmers we were supposed to have would have solved
the problem ages ago... : /
> All that is needed is for the user to specify a set of Type 1 fonts
> for output. I wouldn't expect the Vapor team to write a TT to Type 1
> converter - this can easily be done in Typesmith.
I realize this. However, as I said, if it were that easy, it
would be done long, long ago.
Gil
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Gil's Next Deep Thought:
Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more
'user-friendly'.... Their best approach, so far, has been to take all
the old brochures, and stamp the words, 'user-friendly' on the cover.
-- Bill Gates
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