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From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Does ATM improve HP Deskwriter output?
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Date: 29 Jan 91 00:32:52 GMT
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In article <1991Jan28.143620.6377@viewlogic.com>, peter@viewlogic.COM (Peter Colby) writes:
> 
> 
> In article <0B010004.8cn5cd@outpost.UUCP>, peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes:
> 
> 	My experience with ATM 2.0 agrees with M. Costello. When I got
> ATM I followed the directions and only installed the 12 point bitmap fonts.
> Where ATM actually seems to fall down at smaller point sizes is in the
> character spacing. My attempts at generating 10 point sizes were ghastly.
> 	It occurs to me however, that I have tried neither using my
> Imagewriter (I was editing a document and never printed it), nor did I
> try using fractional widths (which isn't supposed to work with the IW
> anyway).
> 	Peter Colby

Right, nothing but hand tuned fonts look decent ON THE SCREEN.  72dpi
just isn't enough resolution to do outline fonts justice.

But when printing (at 150 dpi on an imagewriter or 300dpi on whatever)
ATM should help out since quickdraw will use twice or four times the size 
fonts for printing.

-- michael


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