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From: larry@csccat.cs.com (Larry Spence)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: ATM 2.0/Type 1 question
Message-ID: <3955@csccat.cs.com>
Date: 17 Oct 90 19:41:46 GMT
References: <4447@husc6.harvard.edu>
Reply-To: larry@csccat.UUCP (Larry Spence)
Organization: Computer Support Corporation. Dallas,Texas
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In article <4447@husc6.harvard.edu> kenh@hscfsas1.harvard.edu (Ken Hancock) writes:
>I recently downloaded a Type 1 Shareware font called Zirkle and have
>noticed a few problems.  The lower-case 'e' is designed as a single
>outline (like a rubber tube wrapped around).  Where the outlines meet,
>there is a bit of an overlap.
> 
>ATM inverts the overlap, and printing the font to any QuickDraw
>printer shows the overlap inverted as well.

The Type 1 spec says that self-intersections are not allowed in Type 1
outlines.

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Larry Spence
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