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From: covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: GDOS with outline fonts?
Summary: TT & Outline fonts
Keywords: GDOS flexible fonts vaporware
Message-ID: <464d79db.14a1f@force.UUCP>
Date: 18 Oct 89 15:19:11 GMT
References: <28181@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>
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In article <28181@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, stephen@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Stephen Whitney) writes:
> Has anyone heard news about the mythical GDOS + driver upgrade that will
> support outline fonts?  If Atari isn't going to do it, maybe someone else
> will.  Atari might even license it.  Outline fonts for GDOS would mean that
> you could use one set of fonts for all screens and printers in any size
> desired.  I would think that anyone who currently makes a GDOS program would
> be extremely interested in seeing this happen.  The new screen driver to
> support outline fonts might even be optimized to make auto-folder patches
> unnecessary to improve VDI drawing speed.
> 
> Comments anyone?
> 
> 					--Steve Whitney

This brings up one of my pet peeves about Atari, the lousy fonts and GDOS.
And the fact that the VaporWare TT will use the existing GDOS with all of
its warts!! In fact, I haven't even heard that the TT will include GDOS 
in the ROMS, which is probably for the best as it allows the user to replace
GDOS with the much better GPLUS from Codehead Software.

There have been rumors for a year or so about a new font system for the ST
which would use outline fonts (ala the Macinstosh and Postscript) but I
don't believe them.

One of the nicest features of the Steve Jobs' NeXT computer is the fact that
it uses Display PostScript to give you BOTH screen and printer Postscript fonts.
Now that would be a good reason to buy the TT, if it came with Display PS.
But, don't hold your breath!!

So, in the meantime, save your peenies and buy a real computer like the
NeXT if you want professional graphics!!

Rich Covert