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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 04:38:07 JST Ars Technica

   Microsoft, Adobe, and others have dropped support for old PostScript fonts

   PostScript Type 1 fonts are decades old, but apps supported them until recently.

   https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/microsoft-adobe-and-others-have-dropped-support-for-old-postscript-fonts/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Yohannon (yohannon@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 04:56:40 JST Yohannon

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     @arstechnica JFC that's the fist Mac I ever used back in (checks notes) 1986?? OMG... Even including the LaserWriter deep inside The Equitable Life Assurance co. in Secaucus NJ. I can still smell the ozone and toner.

     They only just NOW dropped support for Postscript Type 1?? 🤯

   • Chancerubbage (chancerubbage@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 12:06:39 JST Chancerubbage

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     @arstechnica I had so many type 1 fonts in the 90s. When OS X came around, there wasn’t even a way to knowingly manage them. It stole my mojo.

     It wasn’t just the move from press to web that threw a spanner in the works of many graphic design careers; it was eradication of habit.

   • gnaegi (gnaegi@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 14:15:25 JST gnaegi

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     @arstechnica Cool, I had exactly this combo in the picture with the Apple Laser Printer and the Plus. It weighted a ton and it took ages to print a „complex“ PS file. But when it worked it was awesome… I used PageMaker