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From: wwtaroli@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Bill Taroli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Using HP Lasers with Mac?
Message-ID: <1990Sep20.035832.24900@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 20 Sep 90 03:58:32 GMT
References: <1990Sep19.095632.2860@csc.anu.oz.au> <1990Sep19.141200.12661@ra.src.umd.edu>
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In article <1990Sep19.141200.12661@ra.src.umd.edu> josip@ra.src.umd.edu (Josip Loncaric) writes:
>from a UNIX workstation.  My guess is that the JLE driver uses QuickDraw to
>image a page to an off-screen bitmap which is then compressed and sent to the
>printer.  UNIX drivers download fonts instead and use them.  
>
>There is also a font limitation which dates back to the original Macintosh: 
>bitmapped fonts can be at most 127 pixels high (in my experience).  This is 
>only about 30 pts when printed...  so you cannot use large bitmapped fonts... 
>use ATM or wait for TrueType... in summary, QuickDraw-based printer drivers 
>have all of the limitations of QuickDraw...

This issue of the limitations of QuickDraw font sizes is sort of amusing. True,
most applications around still limit us to 127 point text. However, exactly 
what imaging model do you think ATM is using when it generates at 127x4 font
for printing on a DeskWriter (which uses QuickDraw -> Agfa to set up its
pages)???? No, this is a limitation of applications, not QuickDraw. (However,
if applications wish to remain compatible with older systems, then the imposed
limitation makes sense for them, at least.)

Personally, I'd like to type my resume in 500 pt. Zapf Chancery... ;-)

Regards,

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