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From: phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: (none) GDOS & Outline Fonts
Keywords: GDOS, Outline Fonts
Message-ID: <12993@s.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 20 Oct 89 19:23:25 GMT
References: <8910200705.AA29700@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <1379@sdcc13.ucsd.edu> <18593@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti)
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In article <18593@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> soohoo@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Ken "nmi" Soohoo) writes:
>Yes, outline fonts are a really cool idea.
>So, who designs the fonts? Who do we get the fonts from, certainly not
>Adobe... ;-}  And then, what about the algorithm for scaling, that's
>worth a lot of money, people make their living off of that...
     Why _not_ Adobe? They've placed their Type I fonts in the public domain,
I understand. You'd get a recognized standard and lots of proven-ground
technology (in an area where proven-ground tech is good) right off the bat.
>BUT how do you fix programs like MicroSoft Write (and MANY others) that
>inquire of the system what font sizes are available?
     Have the system throw a standard set of point sizes back? And when
a particular size is requested, generate a pixel image. Not fast, but
functional - and not necessarily as slow as you might think, either. I've
seen other applications do it that way, and it's not too bad.
>I'm really preassuming that the Outline GDOS must stay GDOS compatible
>and not break existing software...
     If it's reasonably written, the above system might save a lot of headaches.
Then again, maybe not; I don't know GDOS.
                                                        - R'ykandar.
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