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- From: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: Truetype in System 7?
- Message-ID: <D2150035.95p5p1@outpost.SF-Bay.org>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 18:11:06 GMT
- Reply-To: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
- Organization: Peirce Software
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- In article <8ePFR7G00WBKI0o99g@andrew.cmu.edu> (comp.sys.mac.system), ds8k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Donpaul C. Stephens) writes:
- > Apple: Please remove TT from System software asap!
- >
- > it is slow. It eats code. Adobe Type 1 is better, and ATM will
- > generate all the bitmaps you need i've seen and been told. ATM is
- > supposed to be part of System 7.1. Leave TT alone get Type 1 compat
- > fonts. I'm sure Apple will supply their standard set.
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- Sure ATM will be in an upcoming system, but that doesn't mean that
- Apple has stopped working on TrueType.
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- There are significant enhancements to TrueType fonts coming with QuickDraw/GX.
- Something like Adobe multi-master fonts, but an unlimited number of
- axissessesses(???sorry). (I believe that QuickDraw/GX will support
- Adobe MultiMaster fonts too). The new font cababilities are way cool!
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