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From: daw@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (David Wolverton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Bold missing on screen under ATM
Summary: try gray-scale fonts
Keywords: ATM Adobe Royal Outline Fonts
Message-ID: <5902@cbnewsh.ATT.COM>
Date: 17 Nov 89 17:46:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbnewsh.5902
References: <13117@hercules.csl.sri.com> <1312@mrsvr.UUCP> <122798@felix.UUCP> <558@sunfs3.camex.uucp>
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
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In article <558@sunfs3.camex.uucp>, kent@sunfs3.camex.uucp (Kent Borg) writes:
> In article <122798@felix.UUCP> kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) writes:
> >One problem emerges though: 11 point bold does not appear as bold on the
> >screen. ...
> This is a nasty problem in general.  Going to two pixels might be
> *far* bolder than what the "real" stroke weight would be, but staying
> at 1-pixel makes it look like nothing happened--even if it is, in some
> sense, closer to reality.  Neither solution will look very good at
> such a low resolution.  I think Adobe is doing the wrong thing in this
> instance, but it is not a simple problem with an obvious answer.

Gee, and I thought there was an obvious answer to getting sub-pixel
"effective" resolution on CRTs: gray-scale / anti-aliased / fuzzy /
add-your-own-term /... fonts.  Oh yes, ATM doesn't support such
fonts now, but if you un-satisfied customers of Adobe were to send
them a big hint that you'd like fuzzy fonts for Christmas, maybe they
would send you a present.

Dave