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Re: Obtaining Additional Fonts

Subject: Re: Obtaining Additional Fonts
From: "Moore, Ben" <BDM2629 -at- PHARMERICA -dot- COM>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 16:54:00 -0400

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It's ok to be nasty. This is work. We're supposed to be nasty.

The reason I prefer the CDs are a) cost and b) the hassles which are
created with the single font. When I pick a single font out, I have to
draw up a purchase order, put in a short proposal of why I need this
font and what it will be used in, set it on my manager's desk (where it
remains for about a week) then it moves to the General Manager's desk
(where it remains for another week) and then if it is approved, I have
to get the GM's company credit card to purchase it. If I buy a CD, I
only have to do it once and I can put it on an account at our local
software store, as long as I get verbal approval from my manager.

I envy you if you don't have to face this kind of process (read
bureaucracy).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Max Wyss [SMTP:prodok -at- prodok -dot- ch]
> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 1998 1:37 PM
> To: Moore, Ben
> Cc: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: RE: Obtaining Additional Fonts
>
> Ben,
>
> sorry to be a bit nasty, but are we talking professional here? With
> fonts
> you can be sure that you get what you pay.
>
> Forget about those $40 a CD with 10000 fonts on it. 95% of them is
> useless,
> the rest is a cheap stuff where even the non-trained eye can see what
> it
> is.
>
> Of course, when you want to make a fool of yourself, go ahead and use
> junk.
>
> <Rant mode off>.
>
>
> Max Wyss
> PRODOK Engineering AG
> Technical documentation and translations, Electronic Publishing
> CH-8906 Bonstetten, Switzerland
>
> Fax: +41 1 700 20 37
> e-mail: mailto:prodok -at- prodok -dot- ch or 100012 -dot- 44 -at- compuserve -dot- com
>
>
> Bridging the Knowledge Gap ...
>
> ... with Acrobat Forms ... now for belt drive designers at
>
> http://www.prodok.ch/prodok/riemen.html
>
>
>
>
> _____________
>
>
>
> >
> >Type on Call is good if you are looking for a SPECIFIC font. But it
> is
> >spendy compared to other deals you can find at computer stores. Type
> on
> >Call costs about $25 per font, where you can get clip art/font cds at
> a
> >computer or department store for about $40 and it will have 2,000 to
> >10,000 non-standard fonts on it.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

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It's ok to be nasty.  This is =
work.  We're supposed to be nasty.
 
 The reason I prefer the CDs are a) =
cost and b) the hassles which are created with the single font.  =
When I pick a single font out, I have to draw up a purchase order, put =
in a short proposal of why I need this font and what it will be used =
in, set it on my manager's desk (where it remains for about a week) =
then it moves to the General Manager's desk (where it remains for =
another week) and then if it is approved, I have to get the GM's =
company credit card to purchase it.  If I buy a CD, I only have to =
do it once and I can put it on an account at our local software store, =
as long as I get verbal approval from my manager. 
 
I envy you if you don't have to =
face this kind of process (read bureaucracy).
 
<UL>-----Original Message-----
 From:   Max Wyss [SMTP:prodok -at- prodok -dot- ch]
 Sent:   Thursday, July 30, 1998 1:37 PM
 To:     Moore, Ben
 Cc:     TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
 Subject:       =
 RE: Obtaining Additional =
Fonts
 
 Ben,
 
 sorry to be a bit =
nasty, but are we talking professional here? With fonts
 you can be sure =
that you get what you pay.
 
 Forget about those =
$40 a CD with 10000 fonts on it. 95% of them is useless,
 the rest is a cheap =
stuff where even the non-trained eye can see what it
 is.
 
 Of course, when you =
want to make a fool of yourself, go ahead and use junk.
 
 <Rant mode =
off>.
 
 
 Max Wyss
 PRODOK Engineering =
AG
 Technical =
documentation and translations, Electronic Publishing
 CH-8906 Bonstetten, =
Switzerland
 
 Fax:  +41 1 =
700 20 37
 e-mail:  <A HREF=3D"mailto:prodok -at- prodok -dot- ch" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">mailto:prodok -at- prodok -dot- ch</A>    =
or    100012 -dot- 44 -at- compuserve -dot- com
 
 
 Bridging the =
Knowledge Gap ...
 
 ... with Acrobat =
Forms ... now for belt drive designers at
 
        <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.prodok.ch/prodok/riemen.html"; =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.prodok.ch/prodok/riemen.html</A>=

 
 
 
 
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 >
 >Type on Call is =
good if you are looking for a SPECIFIC font.  But it is
 >spendy compared =
to other deals you can find at computer stores.  Type on
 >Call costs =
about $25 per font, where you can get clip art/font cds at a
 >computer or =
department store for about $40 and it will have 2,000 to
 >10,000 =
non-standard fonts on it.
 >
 >
 >
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