Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!hsdndev!husc3.harvard.edu!husc9.harvard.edu!stern6
From: stern6@husc9.harvard.edu (Michael Stern)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: TrueType vs ATM
Keywords: truetype atm font
Message-ID: <1991Mar17.130959.327@husc3.harvard.edu>
Date: 17 Mar 91 18:09:58 GMT
References: <1991Mar16.221601.9927@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Mar17.004942.2900@cs.widener.edu>
Organization: Harvard University Science Center
Lines: 14
Nntp-Posting-Host: husc9.harvard.edu

In <1991Mar16.221601.9927@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, dawg6844@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>1)  TrueType fonts look _much_ better at small point sizes than ATM ones do.

While it is certainly true that sizes in the 8-12 point range look better
on the screen when generated by TrueType, I credit the fact that Apple has
optimized their font system for screen display.  When printed, especially
at smaller sizes, ATM is clearer.  Compare 5 or 6 point off a 300 dpi printer.
ATM produces better text.

******************************************************************************
         Michael Stern        *  "I love children, especially when they cry,
                              *   for then someone takes them away."  
  stern6@husc9.harvard.edu    *                         -Nancy Mitford
******************************************************************************