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- From: svoboda@mv.us.adobe.com (Ed Svoboda)
- Subject: Re: What's Special about Super ATM?
- Message-ID: <svoboda-020193163741@macc901.mv.us.adobe.com>
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- Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
- References: <1992Dec31.144827.25603@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 00:53:04 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec31.144827.25603@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
- scasburn@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steven M Casburn) wrote:
- >
- > There seems to be a lot of anticipation on the net about Super ATM. Could
- > someone post about what the advantages of the new program will be? I'd never
- > heard of it before today (I just got back from vacation, and am going thru a
- > lot of old posts).
- > Thanks!
- >
- > Steve
-
- Steve,
-
- Rather than reinvent the wheel, here is a portion of our press release
- (edited for length) that I believe does a good job of describing in detail
- what SuperATM is:
-
- Within any Macintosh(R) or Windows(TM) environment application that
- supports SuperATM(TM) software, a metrically exact substitute font is
- automatically created for any Adobe(TM) Type Library font (and a selection
- of TrueType(TM) fonts) found in a document. This substitution process
- accurately preserves the document's original line and page breaks,
- regardless of where the document was created or what fonts were used.
-
- The document may also be edited using the substituted fonts, and the edited
- version will display and print the original fonts when opened on a system
- that contains them. The substituted versions are metrically identical to
- the original outlines, but will lack some of the fine detail of the
- original design.
-
- Product Description
- SuperATM software is based on two key Adobe technologies: an enhanced
- version of Adobe Type Manager font-rasterizing software, and Adobe's
- multiple master type technology announced in 1991. All substituted fonts,
- serif or sans serif, are derived from two new multiple master designs
- developed especially for this product.
-
- SuperATM software also includes typeface software for five unique symbol
- and display typefaces that do not convert well in font substitution:
- Symbol(R), ITC Zapf Dingbats(R), Bellevue(TM), Cottonwood(TM) and
- Madrone(TM).
-
- Currently, SuperATM software performs automatic font substitution with any
- of these leading Macintosh applications: Microsoft(R) Word 4.0 and 5.0,
- Microsoft Excel 3.0 and 4.0, Aldus PageMaker 4.2, QuarkXpress 3.1, Aldus
- Freehand 3.1, MacDraw Pro 1.5, Adobe TypeAlign(TM) 1.0.5, FileMaker Pro
- 1.0, ReadySetGo! 4.5a and 5.0, ClarisWorks 1.0, Claris Resolve 1.0,
- MacProject II 2.5v1, MacProject Pro, Nisus 3.06, Publish-It 2.1, Publish-It
- Easy! 1.0, MathType 2.11 and QUED/M 2.09. Other leading Macintosh and
- Windows applications are expected to support SuperATM in the near future.
-
- If the user's Macintosh application does not support automatic font
- substitution, the benefits of SuperATM are still available. The user simply
- installs the bitmaps of the needed typefaces and font substitution occurs.
- To ensure that all the bitmaps are available for this process, Adobe is
- including its Type On Call(TM) CD-ROM with the SuperATM program. The CD-ROM
- contains an unlocked bitmap for more than 1,300 Adobe Type Library fonts.
-
- In addition, the SuperATM package includes Adobe Type Reunion(TM) software
- for menu management of both original and substitute fonts. A
- click-to-install program is also included to simplify installation of the
- various elements of the package.
-
- For information, customers should call 1-800-83-FONTS.
-
- The Macintosh version is currently available. A Microsoft Windows
- environment version is expected to be available mid-1993.
-
- -----
- Ed Svoboda (svoboda@mv.us.adobe.com)
- Product Support Engineer
- Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View, CA
-