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Subject: Re: YAQOTT
Message-ID: <1991Mar29.032712.3692@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Date: 29 Mar 91 03:27:12 EDT
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In article <1991Mar27.165700.5267@unx2.ucc.okstate.edu>,
minich@unx2.ucc.okstate.edu (Robert Minich) writes:
> by sanglee@.Berkeley.EDU (Sang-Ho Lee):
> | Yet another question on TrueType: on style variations of common fonts:
> |
> | Suppose the sfnt versions of Times, Times italic, Times bold, Times bold
> | italic are installed in the System.  The bitmap versions (NFNT) of a few
> | sizes of Times (plain) are also installed in the System.
> |
> | If you select Times Italic at a size for which the bitmap of Times (plain)
> | is installed, the latter will be slanted instead of the sfnt of the true
> | italic being invoked.  The same thing happens with other styles or other
> | faces.
> |
> | Is this intentional?  Why?
>
>   The easiest and probably best solution is to remove the bitmaps of
> Times from your system, assuming your Times bits look like mine
> (standard stuff with Apple's sys software), which DO NOT seem to match
> the TrueType fonts spacing and sizing. I find the TT just as readable at
> the same size, so I use that instead.
> |_    /| | Robert Minich            |
> |'o.O'  | Oklahoma State University| "I'm not discouraging others from using
> |=(___)= | minich@d.cs.okstate.edu  |  their power of the pen, but mine will
> |   U    | - "Ackphtth"             |  continue to do the crossword."  M. Ho
This is not quite so practical as it might sound. Those of us who are addicted
to popchar know by now that this will not display its characters unless th
bitmaps at 12point are present. It would not surprise me if there are other
bits and pieces around that act in the same way. My solution was to install
only the 12 point bitmaps and use times at 14 and helvetica at 13 or 11- really
kludgy.

A related matter- is there still a system font size limit of 127 points. When I
first got TrueType I tried creating banner size letters and every application I
tried gave me a maximum size of 127 points. Then a quick skim through of Inside
Mac confirmed that the maximum point size was 127. Is this now obsolete so Word
5 and other system 7 programs will allow sizes up to 32000points or whatever?

Maynard Handley