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From: cep@apple.com (Christopher Pettus)
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Subject: Re: Quickdraw efficiency question
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Date: 13 Jul 89 21:11:24 GMT
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In article <7988@hoptoad.uucp> tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) writes:
> On the other hand, a source at Apple says that StdText is
> the only waot handle double-height or half-height text, which is
> required for a complete vt100 emulation.

It's not really that esoteric.  StdText gives you access to the 'numer' 
and 'demon' parameters which are used to stretch and compress text.  I 
presume this is the mechanism that's used for the compressed and expanded 
styles, as well as replaying text in pictures where the destination 
rectangle differs in its dimensions from the original rectangle.  It's a 
very handy feature; I wish more applications took advantage of it.  Ref. 
IM I 198-199.

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