Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!umd5!uflorida!gatech!mcnc!rti!sas!bts From: bts@sas.UUCP (Brian T. Schellenberger) Newsgroups: comp.fonts Subject: Re: Write white vs. write black laser printers Message-ID: <564@sas.UUCP> Date: 26 Jun 88 15:43:52 GMT References: <2713@ttidca.TTI.COM> <379@piring.cwi.nl> Reply-To: bts@sas.UUCP (Brian T. Schellenberger) Organization: SAS Institute Inc, Cary NC Lines: 13 Not only PostScript output looks better in write-black. The TeX METAFONT fonts tend to, as well. Even fonts that are built-in look much better on out write-black LaserJets and LaserWriters than our write-white Imagen. I personally suspect that this may be because writing was developed on write-black systems. Pen and ink is write-black; so is traditional printing and the Linotype process. Is offset printing more analogous to write-white or write-black? -- _______________________ __Brian___________________ |Brian T. Schellenberger| "The Earth is but one | ...!mcnc!rti!sas!bts | |104 Willoughby Lane | country, and Mankind its |work: (919) 467-8000 x7783| |Cary, NC 27513 | citizens" --Baha'u'llah |home: (919) 469-9389 |