From: svoboda@mv.us.adobe.com (Ed Svoboda)
Subject: Re: What's Special about Super ATM?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 00:53:04 GMT

In article <1992Dec31.144827.25603@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
scasburn@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steven M Casburn) wrote:
> 
>      There seems to be a lot of anticipation on the net about Super ATM. Could 
> someone post about what the advantages of the new program will be? I'd never 
> heard of it before today (I just got back from vacation, and am going thru a 
> lot of old posts).
>      Thanks!
> 
>                                         Steve

Steve,

Rather than reinvent the wheel, here is a portion of our press release
(edited for length) that I believe does a good job of describing in detail
what SuperATM is:

Within any Macintosh(R) or Windows(TM) environment application that
supports SuperATM(TM) software, a metrically exact substitute font is
automatically created for any Adobe(TM) Type Library font (and a selection
of TrueType(TM) fonts) found in a document. This substitution process
accurately preserves the document's original line and page breaks,
regardless of where the document was created or what fonts were used. 

The document may also be edited using the substituted fonts, and the edited
version will display and print the original fonts when opened on a system
that contains them. The substituted versions are metrically identical to
the original outlines, but will lack some of the fine detail of the
original design.

Product Description
SuperATM software is based on two key Adobe technologies: an enhanced
version of Adobe Type Manager font-rasterizing software, and Adobe's
multiple master type technology announced in 1991. All substituted fonts,
serif or sans serif, are derived from two new multiple master designs
developed especially for this product.  

SuperATM software also includes typeface software for five unique symbol
and display typefaces that do not convert well in font substitution: 
Symbol(R), ITC Zapf Dingbats(R), Bellevue(TM), Cottonwood(TM) and
Madrone(TM). 

Currently, SuperATM software performs automatic font substitution with any
of these leading Macintosh applications:  Microsoft(R) Word 4.0 and 5.0,
Microsoft Excel 3.0 and 4.0, Aldus PageMaker 4.2, QuarkXpress 3.1, Aldus
Freehand 3.1, MacDraw Pro 1.5, Adobe TypeAlign(TM) 1.0.5, FileMaker Pro
1.0, ReadySetGo! 4.5a and 5.0, ClarisWorks 1.0, Claris Resolve 1.0,
MacProject II 2.5v1, MacProject Pro, Nisus 3.06, Publish-It 2.1, Publish-It
Easy! 1.0, MathType 2.11 and QUED/M 2.09. Other leading Macintosh and
Windows applications are expected to support SuperATM in the near future. 

If the user's Macintosh application does not support automatic font
substitution, the benefits of SuperATM are still available. The user simply
installs the bitmaps of the needed typefaces and font substitution occurs.
To ensure that all the bitmaps are available for this process, Adobe is
including its Type On Call(TM) CD-ROM with the SuperATM program. The CD-ROM
contains an unlocked bitmap for more than 1,300 Adobe Type Library fonts. 

In addition, the SuperATM package includes Adobe Type Reunion(TM) software
for menu management of both original and substitute fonts. A
click-to-install program is also included to simplify installation of the
various elements of the package.

For information, customers should call 1-800-83-FONTS.

The Macintosh version is currently available. A Microsoft Windows
environment version is expected to be available mid-1993.

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Ed Svoboda	(svoboda@mv.us.adobe.com)
Product Support Engineer
Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View, CA
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