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- From: volker@sfb256.iam.uni-bonn.de ( Volker A. Brandt )
- Subject: Re: Speedo GDOS questions...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.182803.27454@olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.de>
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- Organization: Applied Math, University of Bonn, Germany
- References: <7082@tuegate.tue.nl> <C18vvE.2Ds@news2.cis.umn.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:28:03 GMT
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- In article <C18vvE.2Ds@news2.cis.umn.edu> davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu writes:
- >In article <7082@tuegate.tue.nl>, wmtwen@rw8.urc.tue.nl (Erlend Nagel) writes:
- >SpeedoGDOS will be using BitStream fonts. You will not need a font-editor,
- >since there are well over 1,000 typefaces available commercially.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^
- This is the reason why I *do* need a font editor.
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- >You won't want a font-editor or conversion utility because bitmapped ST fonts
- >are too crude when compared to the quality of a true vector font.
-
- You're mixing two different things. I want a font editor because I do not
- have a free APL2 font, and I don't want to buy one. I don't care about
- bitmapped ST fonts. Also, I think that Speedo GDOS can also handle those.
-
- -- Volker
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