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- From: prosper@tau.cs.fsu.edu (John Prosper)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: FinalWriter for Windows 95
- Date: 6 Mar 1996 06:06:00 GMT
- Organization: Florida State University Computer Science Department
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- John Prosper <prosper@tau.cs.fsu.edu> wrote:
- >Woody Williams <woody@softwood.com> wrote:
- >>
- >>> ...I don't care how many different
- >>> kinds of graphics your *word* processor can handle if it can't handle simple
- >>> typographic quotes and a decent em-dash.
- >>>
- >>
- >>Yes, it bothers me as well that we do not have typographic quotes and
- >>em-dash. The big problem is that we would have to modify the font data of
- >>every font we have sold or bundle with FW. We simply do not have the
- >>time. The quotes and em-dash are on a list of wishes, but their priority
- >>is below that of features that the majority of users request and are
- >>willing to pay for such as tables and RTF.
- >
- >You can obtain a typographic emdash by holding down the ALT
- >key while pressing the N key. I don't see any way to handle
- >typographic quotes, however.
- >
- >Whenever you can, it would be nice to see typographic single
- >and double quotes. The lack of them lends a cheesy quality to
- >an otherwise fine product.
- >
- >Perhaps you can bundle a special font package with special
- >business, typographic, and commercial symbols. Some more font
- >packs for mathematical or scientific data would be helpful, OR
- >get together with Tomas Rockiki and Willy Langeveld to develop
- >a method of importing Maple V Release III symbols and graphs
- >into the Final Writer (Data, Calc) packages.
- >
- >What do you say, Wood?
-
- The assumption I am making here is that the users who need
- typographic quality in *all* symbols would be ready to buy
- these font packs. Not everyone requires them although I doubt
- Joe|Sally User would complain about a bundled or stand alone
- business/typographic/commercial font packs. For users who
- choose not to upgrade to FW 5, a stand alone pack would be
- handy for many.
-
- Even if you establish an import/export facility for Maple V
- Release III, an external, stand alone mathematical/scientific/
- engineering pack(s) would be useful products to technical users
- who don't have Maple V Release III.
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