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- From: mattd@apple.com (Matt Deatherage)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Using fonts > 255 points
- Message-ID: <mattd-111292183651@city-lights.apple.com>
- Date: 12 Dec 92 02:39:02 GMT
- References: <9212052139.AA20956@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca> <mattd-081292162405@city-lights.apple.com> <1992Dec10.054453.2276@r-node.gts.org> <1992Dec11.061118.20335@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec11.061118.20335@vela.acs.oakland.edu>,
- mkheintz@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Michael Heintz) wrote:
- >
- > Since it is possible to take TrueType Font data and use Pointless to render
- > a bitmap font, would it be possible to translate the TrueType data into a
- > PICT? If this was possible, we could generate a PICT of "A" and then scale
- > it to any size.
-
- You seem to be asking if a TrueType character could be turned into a PICT
- that contains curves to describe the letter, so that when the picture is
- scaled the curves are scaled also.
-
- That answer is "no" -- QuickDraw doesn't have generic Bezier curve support
- that TrueType or Type 1 requires.
-
- PICTs scale text normally, but that's because QuickDraw Auxiliary calls
- the Font Manager to ask for the right size font for the destination you're
- drawing the picture to. If you draw a picture of Times 10 "Hi there!" in
- a rectangle twice as wide and twice as tall as the original, QuickDraw
- asks for Times 20 when drawing the doubly-sized picture. It doesn't
- turn fonts into curves and scale those.
-
- >
- > Just curious,
- > ...Mike
- > --
- > Michael Heintz, Oakland University - Rochester, Michigan
- > InterNet: mkheintz@vela.acs.oakland.edu
- > BITNET: mkheintz@oakland.BITNET
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