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From: jcav@ellis.uchicago.edu (john  cavallino)
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Subject: Re: NEC SilentWriter 2 -- Comments?
Summary: TrueType<>PDL
Keywords: TrueType
Message-ID: <1991Feb13.165923.14724@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: 13 Feb 91 16:59:23 GMT
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In article <1991Feb13.015518.19862@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> hofbauer@csri.toronto.edu (John Hofbauer) writes:
>>  A friend of mine is considering buying a laser printer. He has seen
>> excellent reviews of the NEC SilentWriter2 290 model and is considering
>> purchasing it instead of an Apple or QMS LaserWriter.
>
>He might want to wait another month. Apple is supposed to introduce a
>new cheaper laserwriter in March, based on the TrueType page description
>language, a successor to Postscript.                    ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^
 ^^^^^^^^  ^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^^^

NONONONONONONONONONONONO.
The new printer will be QuickDraw-based, augmented with the TrueType
rendering engine.  TrueType specifies a way to formally describe font
letterforms in terms of quadratic splines.  It is NOT a page description
language.  Printers with TrueType built-in will be able to render (TrueType)
fonts as well as or better than PostScript printers, but will continue to rely
on the source computer for all other rendering.


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