FontMonger 1.0.1: FontMonger for Windows customizes fonts in almost any format
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FontMonger for Windows, $149 software package from Ares Software Corp is a very good tool for importing, converting, improving and creating fonts. The software can import and convert Adobe Type 1, Intelligent LaserMaster LXO, CoralDraw WFN, TrueType and Nimbus Q font formats into TrueType for Windows or Macintosh, Nimbus Q, Type 1 for the PC or Macintosh and Type 3 for the PC or Macintosh. FontMonger conversion can use the FontMonger font format as an intermediate step, retain font metrics and hinting information and add hints to fonts that require them, improving the quality of such fonts as LXO and WFN when converted to TrueType or Type 1. Font families or individual characters can be modified as desired. One drawback is that Aldus PageMaker 4.0 and Ventura Publisher 4.0 desktop publishing software packages could handle fonts converted to Type 1 format.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1992
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Photo opportunities: CD-ROMs bring thousands of photographs to the desktop
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CD-ROM technology has revivified stock photography, formerly a backwater of the graphics-arts industry. Because stock digital photographs are richly detailed, users should have lots of hard-drive space. Stock-photo houses distribute catalogs of low-grade images on CD-ROM. After making a selection, the user contracts for the rights to use the image. Users can also download thumbnail versions of an image from consortia of stock houses. After making a selection, the user then orders the actual image on disc or as a transparency and contracts for its usage. The 25 stock houses participating in the online Kodak Picture Exchange have more than 100,000 pictures in all. An especially popular approach consists of buying CD-ROMs featuring high-resolution images, many of which are available royalty-free.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1995
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From photo to finish: your scanned image can look almost as good as the original photo
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The quality of a photograph reproduced in a desktop publishing system depends on the hardware and software used; suggested are a Mac II with 256 of video memory, 2 to 4 megabytes of internal memory; software that supports gray scale images; and Linotronic type setting. To make the repro look like the original suggested tips are provided, including starting with sharp original photos, use a high quality scanner and scanning software. After scanning, there are touch-up procedures to use, then the image may be pasted to the layout. Large areas of storage are needed. A good photo in gray-scale can result in a 1 MB file. Instructions to incorporate a scanned photo in a desktop publishing program are given with tips on getting the best final image.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1988
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