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From: BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz
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Subject: Re: A3000's Shipping!
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Date: 4 Jul 90 20:12:24 GMT
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> 
> More importantly, 2.0 has bitmap scaling fonts.  Not to be confused with
> outline fonts.  If you explicitly ask for Topaz 22, for example, you
> will get a scaled copy of Topaz 11.  The various AvailFonts() calls
> will give you only the designed sizes that exist, as before.  Of course,
> the scaling is done with bitmap scaling calls (which are now available
> to any application), so the results will depend on several factors,
> including the size of the font compared to the size of the result
> (even multiples look best, smaller multiples often look better than
> larger ones), and the font itself.  For whatever reason, for example,
> Courier scales better than Times.


Okay. We are getting there. Now... (my favorite question) can you rotate
the bitmapped fonts (like 90 deg)? 

Yes... (everyone groans)...
Does anyone have a nice way to write Amiga bit mapped fonts to the screen
sideways?

Regards Alan