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- From: oahvenla@hyppynaru.cs.hut.fi (Osma Ahvenlampi)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Want to use Truetype fonts on the Amiga?
- Date: 15 Apr 1996 00:42:22 +0300
- Organization: What, me, organised?
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- In-reply-to: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de's message of 14 Apr 1996 11:39:42 +0200
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- In article <4kqh4u$gjc@serpens.rhein.de> mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst) writes:
- >Ugh.. If it converts TrueType to a bitmap _on the Amiga_ it contains
- >a rasterizer. Which means that it can be converted to a font engine
- >for AmigaOS.
-
- Well, of course. It contains a rasterizer in any case, since the
- action of creating a bitmap from a vector font is rasterizing. The
- question is whether this is done by a separate program or automatized
- by a font engine.
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