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From: dtw@f.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Duane Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Let The Font Wars Begin
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Date: 3 Oct 89 06:00:42 GMT
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> My first thought was to wonder why Apple would seemingly give away the
> candy store to Microsoft by allowing them to incorporate Royal into
> OS/2.

My first thought was to wonder how much Adobe stock was being sold short.

> Type vendors (Bitstream, Linotype) seem willing to support all of the
> formats.

I read that Bitstream is doing a Postscript to Royal conversion program.
How many people are going to want Adobe Type Manager after that?

-Duane
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