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- Subject: Re: Font Drawing (was 32 bit Quickdraw on a plus)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.093721.1@idicl1.idi.battelle.org>
- From: sschechter@idicl1.idi.battelle.org
- Date: 10 Sep 92 09:37:21 EST
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- > This is EXTREMELY wishful thinking :-) but will Quickdraw GX result in any
- > speed increase for drawing (especially bitmap fonts in a terminal program) to
- > the screen on a Plus? That would be reason enough for me to move from System
- > 6.0.5 to System 7.1 right there...
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- Well, Quickdraw GX can handle font drawing under its new environment, which
- means fonts will be running under the new environment that the folks I saw
- from apple (at machack) claim is faster. However, this involves true-type
- font drwaing under quickdraw GX so saying it will be faster than the bit
- mapped fonts mainly used these days for term programs is questionable.
- Quickdraw GX however isn't scheduled to be out 'til sometime in '93,
- so you wont be seeing it in a form you can use for a while!
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- =-=-=-=-==-=-=>Stuart Schechter
- Research & Development Intern
- Information Dimensions Inc.
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