Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!agate!shelby!neon!neon!warren From: warren@cs.stanford.edu (Mark A. Warren) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Support for various monitor pixel densities?? Message-ID: Date: 11 Dec 90 08:41:40 GMT References: <27667@cs.yale.edu> <1990Dec9.212436.20795@svc.portal.com> <27711@cs.yale.edu> Sender: news@Neon.Stanford.EDU (USENET News System) Organization: Stanford, CS Dept. Lines: 25 In-Reply-To: rang@cs.wisc.edu's message of 11 Dec 90 04:26:03 GMT > What we need is to bag the pixel-based QuickDraw system. Pixels are >a bad unit to measure with since they come in different sizes. Forgive me if I am being naive, but isn't Display Postscript just such a model? Resolution independent representation of the screen. Just mathematical curves inside your machine; they are converted at display time. Perhaps NeXT machines are the machines of the future after all (see the latest comparison in MacWorld). Mark _ _ _ / \/ \/ \ Mark Warren | Rains Box 12, Apt1D O / / / _ / warren+@ir.stanford.edu | Stanford, CA 94305 / / / / \/ /-\ /_) | (415) 497-6816 / (_/\_/\_/ (_/ \___ -- _ _ _ / \/ \/ \ Mark Warren | Rains Box 12, Apt1D O / / / _ / warren+@ir.stanford.edu | Stanford, CA 94305 / / / / \/ /-\ /_) | (415) 497-6816 / (_/\_/\_/ (_/ \___