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- From: mpark@stein.u.washington.edu (Michael Park)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Speedo GDOS questions...
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 11:50:33 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington
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- davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu writes:
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- >SpeedoGDOS will be using BitStream fonts. You will not need a font-editor,
- >since there are well over 1,000 typefaces available commercially. BitStream
- >produces fonts used by a large number of Intel-clone software. My father uses
- >them quite a lot in label-making programs, DTP programs and the like. (Dad has
- >a 286-based system.) Supposedly, there will be a cost for SpeedoGDOS to cover
- >the royalties due to BitStream for their font technology and fonts families.
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- 1. Are there any PD/Shareware BitStream fonts?
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- 2. Is there a doc explaining the BitStream font format (like Adobe's
- black & white book?)
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