May 1991 — Vol 13 No 5
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Open original PDF • May 1991 • Vol 13 No 5 • 88 pages
Overview
Editorials: Miscellany and other eye-catching contributions (Frank Potter, 5). President's Lair: Thanks to Apple Evangelists (Eric Rall, 9). Review Update (Lou Pastura, 10) — "Software for the asking…and writing" — call for reviewers. BoD Minutes March (Dave Ottalini, 10). Don't Scan (Lee Raesly, 16) — review of a handheld-scanner alignment device. Exploring Typefaces — 3 (Frank Potter, 19) — Bauer Bodoni, Bodoni, Minion. MacDraft v2.1 (Blake Lange, 24) — "old favorite in new clothes". The Good Times Roll On (Robb Wolov, 26) — Macinations: accessing more hard disk space. PictureLink for 4th Dimension (Bob Pulgino, 32) — 4D image manipulation. The Macintosh Bible 3rd ed. (Tim Childers, 38). Help for Excel 2.2 (Tom Reynders, 46).
Table of contents (selected)
Club News: Editorials (Frank Potter, 5); Office News (Nancy Pochepko, 8); President's Lair (Eric Rall, 9); Review Update (Lou Pastura, 10); BoD Minutes March (Dave Ottalini, 10)
SIGs: EdSIG (11); GameSIG (11); IIGS SIG (12)
General Information: WAP Artists in Review — Brad Slobins (Nancy Seferian, 14); Don't Scan (Lee Raesly, 16); Exploring Typefaces — 3 (Frank Potter, 19)
Macintosh Articles: MacDraft v2.1 (Blake Lange, 24); The Good Times Roll On (Robb Wolov, 26); Notes on the Mac (Paul Schlosser, 29); PictureLink for 4th Dimension (Bob Pulgino, 32); The Macintosh Bible 3rd ed. (Tim Childers, 38); Help for Excel 2.2 (Tom Reynders, 46)
Highlights
Don't Scan — Lee Raesly
Alignment device for handheld scanners — pre-flatbed-mainstream era hack.
The Macintosh Bible 3rd ed.
Updated Goldstein/Brown reference — Mac power-user canon.
MacDraft v2.1 — Blake Lange
Drafting program update — Mac CAD-adjacent.
Exploring Typefaces — 3 — Frank Potter
Bauer Bodoni, Bodoni, Minion typeface trio.
Apple Evangelists
Rall thanks Apple Evangelists — Apple's developer-relations program (Guy Kawasaki era).
Entities
People: Eric Rall, Frank Potter, Nancy Pochepko, Lou Pastura, Dave Ottalini, Nancy Seferian, Brad Slobins, Lee Raesly, Blake Lange, Robb Wolov, Paul Schlosser, Bob Pulgino, Tim Childers, Tom Reynders Topics: Exploring Typefaces Series, Apple Evangelists, Mac Handheld Scanners References: Don't Scan, MacDraft 2.1, PictureLink 4D, The Macintosh Bible, Help for Excel 2.2
Connections to other issues
- Exploring Typefaces Series Pt 3 continues from Pt 2 in 1991-04 — V13 N04
- 4th Dimension = ACI's Mac database — Pulgino is Pi's "resident 4D guru"