Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 UW 5/3/83; site uw-beaver Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!laser-lovers From: laser-lovers@uw-beaver (laser-lovers) Newsgroups: fa.laser-lovers Subject: Re: CHILD ABDUCTED BY WILD FONT Message-ID: <2401@uw-beaver> Date: Sun, 2-Dec-84 16:58:56 EST Article-I.D.: uw-beave.2401 Posted: Sun Dec 2 16:58:56 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 08:05:52 EST Sender: daemon@uw-beave Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 22 From: Brian ReidLet me offer an explanation of all this, for those not in the know. Dan Mills (DBM@SU-AI) is the production manager for the Bigelow and Holmes typographic studios in San Francisco. Chuck Bigelow and Kris Holmes have recently released a new family of fonts, named Lucida. I have heard typography people around Stanford pronouncing it "looSEEduh". Lucida is the first decent font that was designed explicitly to be used with medium-resolution laser printers (e.g. 300dpi). I have seen a type sample of Lucida printed on an Imagen 8/300 on laid paper, and it is absolutely dazzling. Nary a vile blob in sight. I always knew that B&H were miracle workers, but it is nevertheless impressive to have an actual sample miracle. Based on various things that I have seen and heard, I am guessing that the story here is that Imagen has licensed Lucida from Bigelow and Holmes, and will be offering it as a 300dpi font on their various laser printer products. Not only that, but a recent edition of San Francisco Magazine named Chuck Bigelow as one of the "100 most exciting people in the San Francisco Bay Area." Pretty good judgment for a magazine set in Palatino.