Re: PublishIt 4.0

[Cyrus Roton <croton@ridgecrest.ca.us>]

On Tue, 27 Jun 1995 mlupton@delphi.com wrote:

>  
> I find Publish It 4.0 to be a terrific program.  As I said I got it
> at GoodWill for $5.00   I seem to be getting most of my Apple
> software and hardware (2 5 inch disk drives $20) at Goodwill and
> gargage sales.  Alas, Publish It is such a great program and I
> would hope that there is an equivalent in the next generation
> of machines (the MAC's and PC's) but I don't think I'd be
> able to get a copy for $5.00.  Sometimes there are advantages
> to having an orphan.
>  
Yes, Publish It is a great "page layout" program. But, in my opinion, 
unless you have a postscript printer, the print quality is not 
acceptable. Perhaps I have gotten spoiled by using PRINTRIX and 
SUPERFONTS, both of which can print in "quad density" (that is, double 
density horiz and vert, giving four times the dots per unit area). 
Printrix allow some flexibility of page layout and picture placement, and 
the print quality (on an ImageWriter) is equal to that from a Mac. I have 
dozens of fonts to choose from. SuperFonts (with AppleWorks) does not 
allow much flexibility of layout (without multiple passes through the 
printer), but the print quality is equal to that of Printrix.

I have translated fonts from several formats (SuperFonts, Publish, 
Printrix, Apple New Print Shop, etc) to each of those formats. So, for 
each of those programs I have many more fonts than I could ever use. I 
would like to find a way to make my font collections available to others 
on the net. We are talking about several 3.5 disks of fonts. I would 
welcome suggestions about how I can do that with a minimum of repeated 
effort.

Cyrus Roton
croton@ridgecrest.ca.us