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Apple Offers New Selection of Fonts
Contact:
Jackie Promes
Apple Computer, Inc.
408-974-3609
Nancy Morrison
Apple Computer, Inc.
408-862-6200
Apple Offers New Selection of High-Quality, Affordable Fonts for
Mainstream Macintosh Customers
New Fonts Complement Apple's Existing Fonts -- Available in the New
Apple Font Pack and in Apple Network Printers
SEYBOLD SAN FRANCISCO, San Francisco, California -- September 21,
1992 -- Responding to customer requests for a wider selection of
affordable, high-quality fonts, Apple Computer, Inc. today introduced
its latest retail software product, the Apple Font Pack, which
includes a rich selection of new TrueType fonts from leading type
vendors. With the Apple Font Pack, Apple has made it even easier for
customers of the Macintosh personal computer to use fonts in
designing more effective documents with greater visual impact.
The Apple Font Pack is designed as a comprehensive product that
addresses the typographic needs of mainstream customers. It requires
minimal system overhead, and makes fonts easy to use with one-click
installation and a booklet to educate customers on how to effectively
use type to create compelling documents. Apple's focus on ease-of-
use is backed up by one year of toll-free telephone support for
customers in the United States. The Apple Font Pack also includes
the Apple LaserWriter Driver and LaserWriter Font Utility software
for using the fonts with Apple and third-party PostScript laser
printers.
"Our objective is to make it easy and affordable for any Macintosh
customer to take full advantage of the powerful typographic
capabilities of System 7," said Roger Heinen, senior vice president
and general manager of Apple's Macintosh software architecture
division. "With the Apple Font Pack, customers have convenient
access to a carefully selected library of exceptional fonts that will
deliver impressive results."
The Apple Font Pack has 43 fonts, including 25 new Apple fonts -- all
from leading type foundries -- and 18 of the fonts Apple has been
shipping with its popular LaserWriter and StyleWriter printers. The
Apple Font Pack fonts, added to the 21 fonts that come with the
Macintosh System 7 operating software, bring Apple's font offering
for the Macintosh computer to 64.
Enhanced LaserWriter Printers
The 25 new fonts will also be added to the library of fonts included
with Apple's network printers--the LaserWriter IIf, LaserWriter IIg
and Personal LaserWriter NTR. This boosts the font offering to 64
for customers using any Macintosh computer with these printers, and
provides the most compelling type offering among laser printer
vendors.
"Our network laser printers are a key part of Apple's business," said
John Moon, Apple's vice president, imaging products. "The inclusion
of 25 new high-quality fonts in these printers sets a new standard
and is an example of Apple's continued commitment to provide its
customers with the industry's best all-around printing products."
Price and Availability
In the United States, the Apple Font Pack will be available by
October 7, 1992 through a wide variety of software resellers and
authorized Apple resellers, for a suggested retail price of U.S. $99.
Outside the United States, the Font Pack will be available through
authorized Apple resellers. Pricing varies by country.
The 25 new fonts included on disk with the Apple LaserWriter IIf and
IIg and Personal LaserWriter NTR printers will be available beginning
September 22, 1992. In the United States, the suggested retail price
for these enhanced laser printer products remains the same -- U.S.
$3,299 for the LaserWriter IIf, U.S. $4,299 for the LaserWriter IIg,
and U.S. $2,199 for the Personal LaserWriter NTR. The prices vary
outside the U.S. by country.
Compatibility and Configurations
The Apple Font Pack requires a Macintosh personal computer running
System 7. The LaserWriter IIf, IIg and Personal LaserWriter NTR
printer font sets are compatible with Macintosh computers running
System 6.0.7 or System 7. Once installed, the fonts are compatible
with any Macintosh printer or output device, and third-party
printers.
25 New Fonts from Apple
AGFA Division of Miles, Inc. Delphian
Nadianne
Nadianne Bold
Oxford
Bigelow & Holmes, Inc. Lucida Bright
Lucida Bright Bold
Lucida Bright Italic
Lucida Bright Bold Italic
Bitstream, Inc. (all licensed to ITC) ITC Garamond Narrow
ITC Garamond Narrow Bold
ITC Garamond Narrow Italic
ITC Garamond Narrow Bold Italic
Font Bureau, Inc. Zeal
International Typeface Corporation ITC Machine
ITC Lubalin Graph
ITC Lubalin Graph Bold
ITC Lubalin Graph Oblique
ITC Lubalin Graph Bold Oblique
Linotype-Hell Helvetica Black
Helvetica Black Oblique
Helvetica Compressed
Helvetica Compressed Oblique
Monotype Typography Old English
Swing Bold
Onyx
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Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh and LaserWriter are registered
trademarks, and StyleWriter, System 7 and TrueType are trademarks of
Apple Computer, Inc. PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe
Systems Incorporated.
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