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- From: ariel@seer.gentoo.com (Cathy Hampton)
- Subject: Re: Uses and Differences Between Type 1 and Type 2
- Summary: It's Postscript =Level= 2, not type 2
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.070717.26605@seer.gentoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 07:07:17 GMT
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- References: <1992Nov11.185712.16193@u.washington.edu>
- Organization: Brad Lanam, Walnut Creek, CA
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- In article <1992Nov11.185712.16193@u.washington.edu>
- yeonwook@hardy.u.washington.edu (Mark Choi) writes:
-
- >Most of these printers have upgraded to Postscript Level 2. Does that mean
- >it uses Postscript type 2? I've never heard of such an Adobe format. My
- >previous knowledge was of only Type 1, 3, 4 and 5, but no 2.
-
- My printer cartridge is Postscript Level 2, which is an enhanced version of
- the postscript language itself, not a font format like type 1 or 3 fonts.
- Yes, your fonts will work fine with postscript level 2 -- in fact, they
- will probably work much faster and possibly better. I'm enjoying my
- postscript level 2 system very much. <G>
-
- Ariel
-