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From: rspangle@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Froot Loop)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Font Managers
Message-ID: <9923@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 3 Dec 90 20:30:25 GMT
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I've got SuperPrint right now.  It's an older version, that doesn't 
support on-the-fly font generation.  The bitmap font generation is less
than perfect, however.  It fares pretty badly with font sizes smaller than
18 point on my 72dpi screen - capital letters have different heights, 
vertical strokes have inconsistant widths.  However, it's pretty good for
making the 180dpi fonts for my Epson LQ compatible.

Before buying any new font generation package (Bitstream, ATM, whatever),
I'd advise looking at its quality for the small font sizes.  That's where
hinting comes into play (and is why Times and Script and Modern look so 
miserable at under 18 point).  I know ATM for the Mac (Oh, I said the M-word)
appears to have no problems in the 8-12 point range on the 72dpi Mac screen;
can anyone comment on ATM for Windows?

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