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Subject: Re: PolyText8/PolyText16 - how should characters be drawn?
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Date: 19 Jul 89 13:09:29 GMT
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    1) Each character in turn is drawn by performing a fill operation through
    a mask which is the combination of its character image and the (relevant)
    masks in the graphics context.

I would have said it means this, but the protocol document is unfortunately
not precise on this point.