Adobe Type Manager

The Adobe Type Manager (ATM ) is a program by Adobe Systems for representing PostScript Type 1 fonts on computer screens ( ATM Light ), the correct edition of these fonts on non -PostScript printers, and to manage fonts on the computer (ATM Deluxe).

In response to the development of TrueType format by Adobe Apple released alongside the specifications of their PostScript Type 1 format and the Adobe Type Manager, which strengthened the acceptance of the format in the sequence.

The original purpose

Since PostScript fonts are based on vectors, they must be converted for output in pixels. For output to printers, this does a so-called PostScript interpreter, which is a PostScript -compatible raster image processor. For screen display, this conversion should be made in real time. As it was too computationally intensive for the computers of the 1980s, two separate font versions were used: a vorgerasterte ( bitmapped ) version for the screen display and the PostScript version for printers.

After Adobe along with NeXT for the NeXTSTEP operating system in 1987 had developed Display PostScript to display PostScript on the monitor software, Adobe in 1990 brought the Adobe Type Manager for Macintosh out. Later also a Windows version was released. The ATM makes it possible to calculate a screen representation of the font from the PostScript data, ie from the printer version. This affects a font for which the right size no vorgerasterte representation exists, not jagged. Newer versions of the ATM also master the so-called anti-aliasing, so the more smoothing font edges through the use of grayscale.

Later versions were equipped with the font management utility known from the Suitcase. This made it possible to group fonts and load according to as required.

With Mac OS X and Quartz ATM was unnecessary for the Macintosh. The display of PostScript fonts has been integrated into Windows 2000 and later versions, so that here no more ATM must be installed.

In prepress, he is (works on servers ) but still used for technical reasons in order to assign order-related writings can.

ATM Deluxe and ATM Light

In 1996, a Adobe ATM Deluxe. The original ATM was renamed ATM Light.

In addition to the anti-aliasing of ATM Deluxe also dominated the managing fonts. Features include, among others, the grouping of the writings in the so-called "sets", enabling and disabling, the search for character sets and the display of sample texts.

Development and distribution of ATM Deluxe were set now. The ATM Light is still available and can be downloaded free from Adobe. (See links )

Versions, operating systems

Macintosh

  • October 1989 - ATM 1.0 for Macintosh
  • October 1993 - ATM 3.6.1 for Macintosh
  • August 25, 1995 - ATM 3.8.3 for Macintosh
  • May 1997 - ATM Deluxe 4.0 for Macintosh
  • April 26, 1999 - ATM Deluxe 4.5 for Macintosh
  • October 24, 1999 - ATM Deluxe 4.5.2 for Macintosh
  • July 7, 2000 - ATM Light 4.5 for Macintosh
  • October 19, 2000 - ATM Deluxe 4.6.1 for Macintosh
  • June 25, 2001 - ATM Light 4.6.2 for Macintosh
  • July 17, 2002 - ATM Deluxe 4.6.1a for Macintosh
  • July 17, 2002 - ATM Light 4.6.2a for Macintosh
  • December 31, 2005 - sales stop ATM Deluxe for Macintosh

Windows

  • June 1990 - ATM 1.0 for Windows
  • November 1991 - ATM 2.0 for Windows
  • January 1993 - ATM 2.5 for Windows
  • June 10, 1993 - ATM 2.6 for Windows
  • September 1994 - ATM 3.0 for Windows
  • August 25, 1995 - 3:02 ATM for Windows ( last version compatible with Windows 3.1)
  • 1996 - ATM 4.0 for Windows
  • July 7, 2000 - ATM Light 4.1 for Windows
  • July 18, 2000 - ATM Deluxe 4.1 for Windows
  • December 31, 2005 - sales stop ATM Deluxe for Windows
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