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Re: Beta 1 not different from Beta 0 ...



On Sun, 5 May 1996 rick.ho@utoronto.ca wrote:

> Can anyone tell me if there is any difference between Executor 2 Beta 1 
> and Beta 0.  I'm sure some bugs are fixed in Beta 1, but is there any 
> major improvements, quicktime/ATM compatibility, better printing, etc.

hello,
	One fix that I've noticed is that MS Word 5.1a now correctly 
prints with fonts greater than 20pt (or something like that). Also, 
font names now use a "-" instead of " " which fixes printing on many 
postscript printers. (fixed in beta0) However, beta1 still gets spacing 
wrong in large fonts. For example, if I print "Testing Executor Beta0" in 
AGaramond 30pt, it prints out like "Testing   Executor   Beta0".

	One more thing, although this is unrelated to beta1. There is a 
printer spooler called PPR, PostScript Print Spooler(??), which is 
supposed to be able to download fonts (both Type 1 and TrueType) and 
lotsa other stuff. I haven't tried yet, and I also don't have the URL for 
the page with me now, but it looks like it can supplement executor 
printing, if it can download fonts. Instead of using ghostscript, people 
can just set PPR to download needed fonts into the printer. Again, I 
didn't try it yet. You can find the link through the Netatalk webpage. 
I'll post it once I get home...

                                          -Hyung-song Nam
                                           hn16@cornell.edu



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