From soft-logik@cup.portal.com Fri Dec 11 17:32:29 1992 Received: from nova.unix.portal.com by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.0) id AA14158; Fri, 11 Dec 92 17:32:28 PST Return-Path: Received: by nova.unix.portal.com (5.65b/4.1 1.179) id AA18567; Fri, 11 Dec 92 17:32:27 -0800 Received: by portal.unix.portal.com (1.398) id AA16262; Fri, 11 Dec 92 17:32:25 -0800 Received: by hobo.corp.portal.com (4.1/4.0.3 1.32) id AA23238; Fri, 11 Dec 92 17:32:23 PST To: announce@cs.ucdavis.edu From: soft-logik@cup.portal.com Subject: TypeSMITH announcement Lines: 54 Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 17:32:23 PST Message-Id: <9212111732.1.23167@cup.portal.com> X-Origin: The Portal System (TM) Status: R -- PRESS RELEASE --- December 4, 1992 TYPESMITH - The Professional Amiga Outline Font Editor (Toronto) Until now, all professional outline fonts for the Amiga were created on other brands of computers. TypeSmith will change this. Soft-Logik is pleased to give you this preview of TypeSmith, the first professional Amiga outline font editor. TypeSmith can create and edit PostScript, Compugraphic and Soft-Logik outline fonts. These three formats are the primary font systems used on Amiga computers. TypeSmith has powerful drawing tools to allow you to create new fonts. You can also import characters and symbols from structured drawing programs such as Art Expression. With these powerful features, you can create custom fonts and include your logo in your favorite fonts. You can also use TypeSmith to convert fonts between formats. TypeSmith allows you to open PostScript Type 1, Compugraphic Intellifont and Soft-Logik DMF Outline fonts. You can then save the fonts in any of these formats, or export the font in PostScript Type 3 format. Bitmap pictures and Amiga bitmap fonts may be loaded as templates so that you can trace over them. This is an easy way to create the fonts you need. You can also import a bitmap picture published from any other HotLinks compatible application. TypeSmith has many other features professionals and hobbyists will both find useful. Its AutoMetric feature will automatically create character widths, and you can import kerning pairs from one font into another. You can make proportional fonts into monospaced fonts, or just make the numbers monospaced so that they align in columns. If you are already familiar with Soft-Logik's PageStream and Art Expression, TypeSmith will make you will feel right at home. TypeSmith uses a Workbench 2 and 3 style interface so that you can use it right away. And not only is TypeSmith HotLinks compatible, but it also supports ARexx. Not only can TypeSmith create fonts for use with Art Expression and PageStream, it can create fonts for use with Professional Page, Professional Draw and Workbench 2 and 3! Now you can use your favorite fonts with all your programs. TypeSmith brings professional font editing capabilities to the Amiga. TypeSmith will be available in January 1993 at a suggested retail price of $199.95 US. TypeSmith is a trademark of Soft-Logik Publishing Corporation, and is copyright 1992 by Relog, Inc. For further information, sall Soft-Logik sales at 800 829-8608. Kevin (soft-logik@cup.portal.com)