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From: stevem@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (Steve Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: DeskWriter, anyone got one?
Message-ID: <780081@hpvcfs1.HP.COM>
Date: 16 Nov 89 16:49:25 GMT
References: <6964@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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>>If I am not mistaken, it will not rotate the outline
>>fonts.  Otherwise, fonts look great.  Certainly the
>>price is right.
>
>Correct. It will do even 90 degree rotations but not free rotations.
>Free rotations are printed as 72 dpi bitmaps. Fortunately for me, I
>have very little call for rotations other than 90 degrees.

Correct, however if you have MacDraw II or some similarly well designed
application, you can get high quality rotated text at any angle if you have
large (4X) fonts or ATM installed.  What MacDraw II does is determine the
resolution of the printer and does the rotation itself.  It then sends both
the 300 DPI bitmap and the rotated text commands to DeskWriter and DeskWriter
will use which ever one it needs:  The text command for 90 degree rotations and
the 300 DPI bitmap for all others.  The output then looks very good.

Steven Miller
Vancouver Division
Hewlett Packard