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From: jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan)
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Subject: ATM and saving bitmaps (Was Re: ATM was ATM and HP LaserJet)
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Date: 17 Nov 89 01:15:24 GMT
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In-reply-to: bezanson@adobe.COM's message of 15 Nov 89 18:59:19 GMT



I used to think that I knew why ATM wouldn't let you save the bitmaps
created on the fly.  Now I'm not so sure.  The obvious argument was
"so people don't steal the bitmaps," but this doesn't hold water.  If
people were going to steal from an ATM-equipped system, they could
just as well steal the whole ATM setup, right?  All ATM would have to
do is check to see that ATM is running before allowing certain bitmaps
(atm-created ones) to be used.  Maybe store them in a special format
so that ATM must be used to read them.  This way, I could "install"
the fonts, and ATM would check the  first time I used them to make
sure I was legit, then I wouldn't have to worry about rebuilding them
if my queue got flushed, and I wouldn't have to allot a cahce (not
queue) to keep them from flushing.  For instance, there are certain
fonts that I use in my letter head that I don't have in bitmap, so
every time I bring up a new letter, they get created (pause), then
when I'm playing around with other fonts, they get flushed.  Bring up
another letter (pause), etc.

Another gripe/wish list would be a list of the fonts currently in the
cache, the cache hit rate, and the ability to selectively flush the
cache under user control.

And to make it faster.

And to support Type 3 fonts, or supply a conversion utility (even if
it's not going to translate hints).

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Jeffrey A. Sullivan		| Senior Systems Programmer
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