Many of us got to see the programmer from Apple (I don't remember his name) demo Fontbook at TypeCon. I don't know if many people realize this since it was an unscheduled presentation.

The info and screen shots at Think Secret are consistent with what I saw.

I finally received my developer copy of Panther and plan on taking FontBook out for a long stroll through the several thousands fonts at my disposal. I will be sure to post information based on some real-world testing and not just speculation (Think Secret) or controlled demoing (Apple), providing I don't step outside the bounds of my NDA. So far though... it looks mighty nice.

The Apple guy was Peter Lofting.

Google turns up this gem from 2001 - http://www.textmatters.com/atypi/news2001/38.html

:-)

Oh, he wasn't that bad. And he did buy something at the auction. Does anybody remember what?

BTW, I'm curious: Who bought my Reiner book, for how much?

hhp

Philip Gallo. About $45, I think. He said it was a good deal.

Cool!

hhp

Phil is an old friend of Gerald Lange. I think he crashed the auction.