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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: PostScript/TrueType Question
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Date: 23 Sep 90 20:32:00 GMT
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> I'm sure Apple will be quite pleased to know it's doing such a wonderful 
> job that this is your biggest concern.

To each his own.  It is a medium-sized concern of mine (virtual memory
is a big concern).  I'm still very satisfied with my 5Mb Mac II and
feel no need to upgrade or switch to another computer.

But --
  (1) One of the big reasons for the mac's success is its quickdraw
	picture language
  (2) The only enhancement to Quickdraw since the Mac Plus has been
	support for color.  This means no built-in spline support, no
	support for rotation, no support for sophisticated image 
	processing of grey-scale data (such as dithering or floyding).
  (3) I have heard Apple is trying to push Quickdraw as a substitute 
	for Postscript.  Well, "I know Postscript.  Postscript is a
	a friend of mine.  Quickdraw, you're no Postscript!"
	Apple should live up to its responsibility to address the
	areas where Quickdraw falls way short of postscript.

About a year ago I mentioned quickdraw object rotation as something
that system 7.0 should support, and someone (from Apple I believe)
agreed that it was important, but unfortunately, would not be included
in system 7.0.

Don W. Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801      
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