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- From: pl2440@meibm31.cen.uiuc.edu (Paul Jay Lucas)
- Subject: Re: Font types ?
- References: <1992Nov16.174004.1@esat.kuleuven.ac.be>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 00:23:40 GMT
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- In <1992Nov16.174004.1@esat.kuleuven.ac.be> proesmsf@esat.kuleuven.ac.be writes:
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- >Hello,
-
- >i am wondering if anyone could straighten this little problem
- >of mine
- >I have both trueytypes and bitmap fonts installed in my system
- >( info : 7.0.1 + tu 1.1.1). Will these bitmap fonts automatically
- >be selected for on screen presentation of text, if the right size
- >is available ? Or does the system choose truetype fonts if it can
- >find those... ? Further on, If the system can find the right font size
- >will it either 'interpolate' the bitmaps or jump over to the truetype
- >specification ?
-
- >To be honnest, i used the term 'bitmap' because i can't tell the distinction
- >between type 1 and postscript fonts at the system level. Where do the
- >'screen fonts' fit in ?
-
- *****> For a size n, it uses bitmap, otherwise TrueType. Type 1 *is*
- PostScript but it is not used for the screen unless one is using
- ATM.
- --
- - Paul J. Lucas University of Illinois
- AT&T Bell Laboratories at Urbana-Champaign
- Naperville, IL pjl@cs.uiuc.edu
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