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From: john@polyof.poly.edu ( John Buck )
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Font shrinking subroutine
Message-ID: <1989Oct23.145512.25874@polyof.poly.edu>
Date: 23 Oct 89 14:55:12 GMT
Organization: Polytechnic University
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Does anyone have an algorithm (or subroutine) which takes a relatively
small bitmap (say no bigger than 100x100), and shrinks it down by an
arbitrary amount?

Practical example: take a 10 point font, and shrink it to 3 point.  Your
typical 10 point character is about 40 dots wide at 300DPI.  I want
this same font to be used at 100DPI (about 12 or 13 dots wide).  Granted
detail will be lost, but I don't care THAT much about serifs, etc.

Use E-mail if you have any suggestions; no sense in causing more net
traffic than necessary.

Thanks,
John Buck

john@polyof.poly.edu [128.238.10.100]
john@polygraf.bitnet
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