Re: the Courier font family and nroff history

[Peter Schaffter]

On Sat, Mar 23, 2024, Steve Izma wrote:
> I tend to believe that Linotype was the driving force in the
> release of a complete package for corporate typesetters: the
> Linotronic 202 (or something like it) driven by Adobe's new
> PostScript rasterizer (RIP), using ITC fonts, and with two
> choices of front ends: either a very expensive inputting and
> editing terminal made by Linotype or else a much cheaper (almost
> hobby-level) Macintosh.

I worked in a shop in the early '90s that used a Linotronic RIP
connected to two dedicated Linotype terminals and several MacIIfx
computers.  I wouldn't call those Macs cheap or hobby-level, not by
a long shot. :)

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Peter Schaffter
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