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- From: taylorf@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov (Frank S. Taylor IV 283-4278)
- Subject: Re: Font Manager
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.142540.11890@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
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- Organization: McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company
- References: <1992Sep3.184249.2962@odin.corp.sgi.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 14:25:40 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep3.184249.2962@odin.corp.sgi.com>, ib@ivan.esd.sgi.com (Ivan Bach) writes:
- ....
- |> The IRIS Font Manager in IRIX 4.0.5 and higher can use outline fonts. An
- |> outline font can be scaled to any desired point size, so there is really no
- |> list of available point sizes. The X11R5 version of the X Window System can
- |> also use outline fonts. It lists an outline font with the point size set to 0.
- |>
- |> Ivan Bach, ib@sgi.com
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- Are there more extensive notes on these changes than those found in the
- release notes? We have wanted scaleable fonts in the fmfonts for a long
- time. I'd like to know more about how to take advantage of these changes.
-
- By the way, was it intended to make these changes transparent to the user?
- We have GL applications where it is quite apparent the fonts have changed.
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