WordPerfect for DOS 5.1
Allison
ajp166 at bellatlantic.net
Tue Dec 13 12:09:07 CST 2005
>
>Subject: WordPerfect for DOS 5.1
> From: Al Hartman <alhartman at yahoo.com>
> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:02:17 -0800 (PST)
> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
>
>Not necessarily true...
>
>My Wordperfect 5 for DOS came with a Bitstream Font
>engine that added Bitstream fonts to WordPerfect for
>DOS.
Worked well too.
>I was NOT limited to the Printer Fonts, though I had
>an HP LaserJet and a special WordPerfect Font
>Cartridge for that which added many standard fonts to
>the Printer as well...
>
>This functionality was later added into WPDOS 6.x...
WP6 was really good and I have it on the system still.
A friend uses WP8 or 9 as Word is not optimum for legal
briefs and the like.
Also WPis available for Linux and thats a very good thing
for the non-gui desktop user.
Allison
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