Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 15:57:30 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pfg1+@pitt.edu> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WP's for FreeBSD (Was: Microsoft giving back to FreeBSD !!) Message-ID: <15166.15674.159552.847499@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <3B3DF543.352AB50A@pitt.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106271129170.46208-100000@heorot.1nova.com> <3B3A2E2F.A74DDCC8@pitt.edu> <3B3A2ECF.6FECA0E3@Silver-Lynx.com> <20010630061123.E20203@hades.hell.gr> <3B3D8FC5.C5366C3B@pitt.edu> <15165.28264.754600.976397@guru.mired.org> <3B3DF543.352AB50A@pitt.edu>
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Pedro F. Giffuni <pfg1+@pitt.edu> types: > Mike Meyer wrote: > > I've been using Applixware 5.0 for work for graduate school for the > > last two semesters, and have been pleased with the results. You can > > read my review of it at <URL: > > http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/reviews/AO/ >, and of the word > > processors I looked at for doing graduate work at <URL: <URL: > > http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/reviews/FreeBSD-WP.html >. > Anyway, one of the things that is really important is getting good > quality fonts, that's the reason I ported type1inst and several ps > type1 fonts. I bought a pretty good and cheap CD with lot's of > postscript fonts. That's also why I ported the t1utils. I bought one of the "good and cheap CDs", then went out and bought a quality font collection from Adobe. I use both regularly with Applixware, but that's apparently one of the things that was improved going from 4.4.2 to 5.0: The support for PS fonts was brought up to par with that for TrueType fonts. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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