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From: heksterb@apple.com (Ben Hekster)
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Subject: Re: QuickDraw problem with drawing certain fonts
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Date: 3 Aug 90 03:44:46 GMT
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> OK folks.  Mr. Loncaric was kind enough to send me a copy of the 50pt CMEX10
> font.  Here is what is going on:
> 
>   The font ascent is 38, descent is 147, giving a total bitmap height of 185
> lines.

HOW can ANYONE call an ascent-38, descent-147 font a 50-point font!?  The 
very FIRST page of the Font Manager chapter in Inside Macintosh [IM I-217] 
clearly states that

  "the font size measures the distance between the ascent of one line of 
  text and the ascent line of the next line"

which, in Figure 1 is shown to be the ascent plus descent plus leading, 
therefore in this case, at least a 38 + 147 = 185-point font.  Also on [IM 
I-217],

  "The [font size] may range from 1 point to 127 points"

Then, on [IM I-228]

  "The maximum [font height] is 127 pixels."

Excuse me, but how can anyone in the business of making fonts not read 
the most basic information on them, exceed the specifications and then 
start complaining and blaming QuickDraw (meaning: the Font Manager) for it 
not working?  IM was not written for nothing, you know.

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