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Subject: Re: StyleWriter printer
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Date: 8 Apr 91 22:37:29 GMT
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On Mon, 8 Apr 91 03:36:49 GMT Michael Heintz said:
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>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"  ???

The stylewriter comes with a DISK with four truetype fonts on it.  You install
those fonts on you mac, as well as an init that allows system software 6.0.5
to use truetype (until system 7 comes out).  When you print to the stylewriter
from the mac, the stylewriter does not receive 'character' data.  The mac
calculates and draws a page image in the macs memory, THEN it sends that BIT
MAP image to the stylewriter.

>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.
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's why it's wrong.

>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??

TryeType doesn't smooth out 'bitmaped fonts'.  That's not its job.  True
Type is just an outlined font.  If you send a bitmap font to the stylewriter
(from ANY PC), that's what you'll get... a chunky printout (if you're
printing it at a large size).  If your GS is using TrueType, then the GS
would render a page image in the GSs' RAM, then just dump it to the stylewriter
.

>Mike
>mkheintz@vela.acs.oakland.edu

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