Re: XyWrite for Windows

[Bill Troop billtroop@xxxxxxxx]

Isn't NotaBene more or less XyWrite for current versions of Windows?
I'd love to have a XyWrite for Windows so that I would have access to
all the fonts installed on Windows - - so I would be more happy
printing documents from XyWrite. But I would also need automatic
kerning and manual tracking features, and a few other modern-day
requirements for formatted text, such as OpenType ligature support
(and even stylistic set support, offered in the most recent versions
of MSW), to make it worthwhile. Meanwhile, if I have anything I want
to print, I prepare the document in XyWrite and then go to Quark or
InDesign for printing if it's demanding, or MSW if it isn't. XyWrite
is too good not to use for document creation and preparation, and I
can't think why in all these years the NotaBene people haven't
addressed the printing issues that would make the software more
attractive for non-academics. Not that I would dream of arguing with
NB's assessment of their priorities.