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From: lowersbp@infonode.ingr.com (Ben P Lowers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Hypercard 2.0 and ATM (compatiblity)
Message-ID: <1991Apr8.142327.17566@infonode.ingr.com>
Date: 8 Apr 91 14:23:27 GMT
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL
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Regarding the thread of inquiries and replies about ATM and
Hypercard:

I ran into a problem with ATM 1.x and Hypercard 1.2.x.  I called Adobe
about it when I found it (fall of 1989), but they said that there were
no plans to fix it.  Here's the problem:

Trying to do white text on a black background, use a field with outline
text and place it on top of a solid black block of card paint.
Without ATM, the white inside of the black outlines in ALL Macintsoh
bitmapped fonts comes out as opaque white, so it shows up on top of
a black background, such as the card paint.  But ATM made this white
stuff transparent, so all you got was solid black.  I think that this,
of course, is only as issue with the fonts that ATM messes with, and
not all Macintosh bitmap fonts.

I have Hypercard 2.0, but I do not have any ATM products, so I haven't
tested this.  I would be nice if somebody could do so, and post a
reply or send me e-mail.  Thanks!

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Ben Lowers                      | Intergraph Corp.
  lowersbp@ingr.com    or       | Huntsville,AL  35894-0001
  uunet!ingr!b23b!big!ben       | (205) 730-8599

 The above are only my personal opinions and observations, not ingr's