From what I can tell they do thiers on MS Word. I do ours on MS Publisher. Publisher is a true Dsktop publishing program. It's not nessecarily the fonts but the features in publisher that give it the flexibilty to produce a professional looking publication. I'm really loathe to going back to a word processor. Also consider that the last issue was 16 pages vs the 8 or so for EVAC. The embedded fonts thing added to the file size as well. The file size for the last issue was 897kb not 1200. Without embedded fonts it would be about 400kb. I guess a regular sized issue (12 pages) would be about 500-600kb. Based on the response I've gotten so far regarding enmbedding fonts it 3-0 in favor, so file size doesn't seem to be an issue with people. Rick Tejera Editor SACnews Saguaro Astronomy Club Phoenix, Arizona -----Original Message----- From: Jack Jones [mailto:spicastar@xxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 9:18 PM To: SAC Board Subject: [sac-board] Newsletter Size I received the EVAC newsletter and notice that the size is 160 KB. Why is ours 1216 KB, well over a MEG? Theirs has averaged that in the past few months. Maybe we should get rid of those special fonts and use fonts that are included or commonly available. Some are quite nice and would be close to the effect ours have or even be better looking. EVACs newsletter looks quite good and stylized and is just as many pages as ours with color pictures, maps and diagrams just as ours has. What gives? Jack Jones President - SAC Spicastar@xxxxxxx