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From: mkheintz@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Michael Heintz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: StyleWriter printer
Message-ID: <5703@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
Date: 8 Apr 91 03:36:49 GMT
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Reply-To: mkheintz@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Michael Heintz)
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI
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In article <51273@apple.Apple.COM> shrinkit@Apple.COM (Andrew Nicholas) writes:
>In article <5675@vela.acs.oakland.edu> mkheintz@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Michael Heintz) writes:
>
>>For your information: the StyleWriter comes with TrueType versions
>>of Times, Helvetica, Courier, and Symbol built-in.
>
>For your information: the StyleWriter comes with an INIT for the MAC which
>does TrueType.  It does -NOT- have -ANY- fonts built-in (ie, in ROM in the
>printer itself).  To drive the printer you send it bitmaps and it prints stuff.

Andy,

Then how come the person who wrote the technical specifications section
on the spec sheet bothered to specifically mention those fonts and then
added later:  "The StyleWriter printer can support additional TrueType
fonts from Apple and other suppliers"  ???

Don't think I'm trying to misinform anyone here... I just reported the
information as I received it... and the information was received from
an Apple Dealer.


And, while I have your attention:  If the IIgs were to send a bitmapped
font to the StyleWriter (with the correct driver of course) would the
printer print a font with ragged edges, or does TrueType smooth it for
us?  Or... would we need special support in the driver for certain
TrueType fonts??


Just curious... 

Mike
mkheintz@vela.acs.oakland.edu