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From: ccain@ibmpcug.co.uk (chris cain)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript,connect.audit
Subject: Re: Using a postscript printer for previewing?
Message-ID: <1989Dec20.200005.13075@ibmpcug.co.uk>
Date: 20 Dec 89 20:00:05 GMT
Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.
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 In article <17448@rpp386.cactus.org> woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker) writes:
 > In article <226@dino.cs.iastate.edu>, shaver@cs.iastate.edu (Dave Shaver) writes:
 > > pollack@toto.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jordan B Pollack) writes:
 > > 
 > > >Imagine being able to get
 > > >bitmaps for proprietary fonts back to the host!  So I guess its
 > > >probably impossible without a lot of money.
 > > 		...In stereo where available...
 > 
 > Yes, provided you have the version of the printer with a DISK.  Otherwise
 > it can't be done.  It depends on the grabbing of cached images off the hard
 > disk.  NOTE:  the hard disk system is really buggy, so if you have one, be
 > careful.
 Is this realy the issue they are woried about ? . I have a program I wrote
 which takes a type 1 adobe font as input and draws the characters
 in large type on an EGA screen. I'ts in c and does not even
 need a postscript printer attached ie it directly decodes the font
 I would post it if anyone is interested and someone could assure me
 that I would't be sued by adobe for doing so !!
 The way the fonts work is realy very simplistic once you get past
 the rather feeble attempt at encryption on adobes part .
 An interesting sidepoint to the hinting is that it distorts the font
 shapes badly enough that in a large number of adobe fonts 2 complete
 sets of outline data is included one used for devices below 600dpi
 with a regularised outline and hints and one uses no hints for devices
 more than  600dpi using presumably the undistorted font shape. What price
 resolution independance now !.
 
 

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