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From: gdavis@primate.wisc.edu (Gary Davis)
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Subject: Re: TrueType glitch?
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Date: 21 Mar 91 07:00:53 GMT
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From article <1991Mar21.115231.1410@covax.commerce.uq.oz.au>, by bellamy@covax.commerce.uq.oz.au:
> In article <2578@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk>, sfleming@cs.hw.ac.uk (Stewart T. Fleming) writes:

>> One other thing : Where can I get the TrueType font standard ?  Is it
>> available in any published or electronic form ?  Other than that :
>> TrueType looks Just Great (tm) - one up to Apple !

> Actually I think that Microsoft also had a lot to do with TrueType.

I think all that Microsoft did was license TrueType from Apple. In
exchange, Apple got a license to use the Postscript clone which Microsoft
bought from Bauer. Rumors are that the clone may be a bust, so Microsoft
may have gotten the better of that deal.

Gary Davis