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From: chewy@apple.com (Paul Snively)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: PostScript vs TrueType?
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Date: 13 Aug 90 20:10:40 GMT
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In article <406@three.MV.COM> cory@three.MV.COM (Cory Kempf) writes:
> chewy@apple.com (Paul Snively) writes:
> 
> >If they use PostScript fonts, the PostScript engine will render them; 
if 
> >they use TrueType fonts, the new driver will download the TrueType 
> >rendering code and that will be used.  Either way, it still works.
> 
> Does this mean that the fonts will be down loaded as the curve equations,
> and a postscript program will be sent along to convert the equations into
> bitmaps?  Or are the bitmaps going to be generated on the Mac and then
> downloaded to the printer/typesetter (expensive, especially on something
> like a 1200 dpi device)?

My understanding (I'm not a gnarly printing dude, so don't quote me on 
this!) is that the curve equations will be downloaded to the printer along 
with machine code to do the rendering.  So the printer will still do the 
rendering, but will do it as fast as its processor can.

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                                Paul Snively
                      Macintosh Developer Technical Support
                             Apple Computer, Inc.

chewy@apple.com

Just because I work for Apple Computer, Inc. doesn't mean that I believe 
what they believe, or vice-versa.
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