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Re: TypeSet

In article <1993Jul16.120239.11175@muug.mb.ca>, John Fenske writes...
> 
> The first and most dramatic TypeSet feature is its ability to display
> fonts in their own typeface inside the Font menu of IIGS desktop
> software.

    The MenuFonts CDev (by Jay Krell, where is he these days?) already
does this, except it doesn't quite calculate the new menu rectangle
correctly.  I hope TypeSet caches the menu between applications since
generating each font from Truetype can *really* slow things down (a
problem I had with MenuFonts).

> TypeSet also provides users with another powerful feature: font
> management. Font management is accomplished by allowing users to define
> font Sets composed of specific user selected fonts.

    Anyone know how this works?  Hierarchical menus?  Sets of fonts
associated with certain applications?

> WestCode CEO Rob Renstrom said, "TypeSet continues WestCode's tradition
> of bringing state-of-the-art, Macintosh-like technology to the Apple
> IIGS."                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    Ugh... I cringe whenever I see this term... What's so Mac-like about
TypeWest?  It uses the desktop?  It has nice System 6-ish icon menus? 
Why can't it just be "state-of-the-art technology to the Apple IIGS"?
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