Re: Embarrassingly basic font question

Subject: Re: Embarrassingly basic font question
From: Matt Ion <soundy -at- MAIL -dot- BC -dot- ROGERS -dot- WAVE -dot- CA>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 18:42:13 -0800

On Thu, 6 Nov 1997 16:19:07 -0400, Susan E. Gallagher wrote:

>I'll admit it up front -- I've always been a mac person.
>
>Now that I'm using Frame on the PC, I found that I only have a limited set
>of fonts -- some fonts that I consider pretty standard (like Palatino,
>Helvetica, and Geneva) are nowhere to be found.
>
>I've scanned the www and various sw packages furiously to download these or
>even purchase these from Adobe, Apple, etc., but can't seem to find any
>mention of them. Does anyone know who owns these fonts? I'll contact that
>manufacturer for more info.

Macs and Windows both use TrueType fonts... just pull'em off your
friendly neighborhood Mac and dump'em on the PC.


Your friend and mine,
Matt
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