WordPerfect for DOS 5.1 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

13 Dec 2005

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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