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From: leeann@huxley.UUCP (Leeann Sack)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: How do I find out what a font is?
Keywords: Information sources
Message-ID: <570@huxley.UUCP>
Date: 30 Aug 90 15:38:50 GMT
References: <910@massey.ac.nz> <1990Aug23.024214.6309@unx.sas.com> <5916@adobe.UUCP> <1328@io.tegra.COM>
Reply-To: leeann@huxley.UUCP (Leeann Sack)
Organization: Bitstream, Inc., Cambridge, MA
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In article <1328@io.tegra.COM> phillips@io.UUCP (Steve Phillips) writes:
>In article <5916@adobe.UUCP> dkletter@adobe.UUCP (It's all fun and games until someone PUTS AN EYE OUT) writes:
>> ...
>>and hinting methods) and Bitstream's are Type3.
>
>My understanding was that Bitstream offers type 1 fonts as well as type 3.




Bitstream offers many different font formats, including PostScript Type1 encrypted fonts 
that are not hinted.

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Leeann Sack
leeann@bitstream.com