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From: greg@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (greg Nowak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Some general questions.Need HELP!!!
Summary: legibility counts
Keywords: screen font laser
Message-ID: <10095@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 26 Aug 89 21:39:06 GMT
References: <11053@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <13809@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Reply-To: bgwilkes@confidence.Princeton.edu (Benjamin G Wilkes)
Organization: Cognitive Science Lab, Princeton University
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In article <13809@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> dorourke@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (David M. O'Rourke) writes:
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}  Don't know about Chicago, but memory seems to think it stays bitmapped.  The
}only problem with using mapped fonts is that the screen rendition of a
}document could be *very* different from what comes out on the printer.  You
}really should use the font that you're going to print in for the most
}accurate WSIYWG on the screen.
}-- 

Chicago does stay bitmapped (looks identical on laser or screen).

Actually, I am amazed at how many people will compose a document in
10-point Times, squinting all the while, just because they are going to
print it in 10-point Times.  Since bitmapped fonts have been optimized
for screen readability, while screen versions of laser fonts generally
haven't (at least by comparison) it makes much more sense to compose
your document in whatever you find most legible, and then select all and
change to your output font for a quick preview before printing.