I'm considering getting a G5 and retiring my G4 running 9.2.2, but I need to be able to run QuarkXPress 4.1. I understand that while there are font management packages out there, there is nothing that will group my fonts into families as Adobe Type Reunion or Suitcase Menufonts. The idea of trying to choose fonts from a yard-long list sorted alphabetically by screen font name does not appeal to me, espcially with fonts named "2stone sans" and the like.
Stan certainly offers an another path to an operating system change, albeit a drastic one. As I've advised in previous columns, there are reasonable reasons to choose either platform.
Let's see if Windows users are as sanguine when they make the shift from 32-bit computing to 64 bits. Or when they come face to face with a new imaging model with the forthcoming Longhorn Windows due in 2005 or 2006.
However, I use both Windows XP and Mac OS X equally nowadays. And I actively enjoy computing on my Mac. I don't feel the same way about the PC. Can't aesthetics be a part of this choice?
Why pay the Apple/Macintosh premium? Use Windows and Adobe Creative Suite Premium Edition with a PDF workflow and say goodbye to the need for a Mac. A PDF workflow on a Windows machine works great. For content providers Windows XP is the new place begin looking for a great computing experience.
But what about font management?
I'm considering getting a G5 and retiring my G4 running 9.2.2, but I need to be able to run QuarkXPress 4.1. I understand that while there are font management packages out there, there is nothing that will group my fonts into families as Adobe Type Reunion or Suitcase Menufonts. The idea of trying to choose fonts from a yard-long list sorted alphabetically by screen font name does not appeal to me, espcially with fonts named "2stone sans" and the like.
Has anyone come up with a way around this?
Flame bait, huh?
Stan certainly offers an another path to an operating system change, albeit a drastic one. As I've advised in previous columns, there are reasonable reasons to choose either platform.
Let's see if Windows users are as sanguine when they make the shift from 32-bit computing to 64 bits. Or when they come face to face with a new imaging model with the forthcoming Longhorn Windows due in 2005 or 2006.
However, I use both Windows XP and Mac OS X equally nowadays. And I actively enjoy computing on my Mac. I don't feel the same way about the PC. Can't aesthetics be a part of this choice?
David Morgenstern
Switch to Windows
Why pay the Apple/Macintosh premium? Use Windows and Adobe Creative Suite Premium Edition with a PDF workflow and say goodbye to the need for a Mac. A PDF workflow on a Windows machine works great. For content providers Windows XP is the new place begin looking for a great computing experience.