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- From: taob@r-node.gts.org (Brian Tao)
- Subject: Re: pointless pointers?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec20.181637.8864@r-node.gts.org>
- Organization: R-node Public Access UNIX Information System (416-249-5366)
- References: <1992Dec17.175728.4676@memstvx1.memst.edu>
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 18:16:37 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec17.175728.4676@memstvx1.memst.edu> ustai@memstvx1.memst.edu writes:
- >
- >quality (etc etc) and now have this great urge to find lots of TrueType fonts.
-
- The ccosun.caltech.edu FTP site has quite a good selection of them in
- ShrinkIt format. Some are in the pub/apple2/system/fonts/truetype directory
- (the pathname might not be totally correct) and some are in the new Apple II
- uploads directory.
-
- >Any pointers and tips on converting Mac/IBM ones to my GS? (Please don't tell
- >me it's in the faq, please, pretty please?)
-
- Mac Truetypes = GS Truetypes. You can even load them into Pointless
- straight off an HFS floppy. Of course, it's always better to copy them over
- to your hard drive first. There's a PD utility called TTConvert on the Mac
- which will turn Windows 3.1 Truetype fonts (.TTF extension) into Macintosh
- suitcases which then can be brought over to the GS.
-
- > Anyway, in one of my tests, using courier, part of one letter
- >"infringed" on another letter (separated by a space), using a 12 point size.
-
- Never happened to me in 1.01, and I haven't used Courier with 2.0 yet.
- It doesn't happen with other fonts though (not to say Pointless isn't entirely
- free of bugs... is there a 2.0.1?)
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