Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rphroy!caen!uflorida!gatech!ncar!ncar.ucar.edu!hpoppe From: hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: LaserWriter 6.1 and TrueType/PostScript fonts Message-ID: <10963@ncar.ucar.edu> Date: 8 Apr 91 21:05:23 GMT References: Sender: news@ncar.ucar.edu Distribution: na Organization: National Center for Atmospheric Research Lines: 41 In article rang@cs.wisc.edu (Anton Rang) writes: > Is it possible to convince LaserWriter 6.1, when using a TrueType > family which is also available in PostScript form on a LW/LW+ printer, > and generating a postscript file on disk, to use the PostScript > equivalent and not generate the 300K or so of downloadable TrueType > stuff? > > I realize that the PostScript "Times" and TrueType "Times" aren't > the same, and that if the spacing is different, there will be > differences in the printed output, but it would be nice to have an > option to do this anyway. (I transfer PS files at 1200 baud. :-/) > I've been delaying switching printer drivers because of this. Another form of "Font Substitution", egad. While font handling on the Mac is already too complicated, I must say this sounds attractive, if the techniques outlined below cannot be implemented.. > Also, does anyone know if Apple plans to supply TrueType fonts and > software for their laser printers that would run on the *printer* and > not on the Mac itself? Would this be available as an upgrade to the > LW // NTX, say? I expect we'll see TrueType/TrueImage printers from Apple some day. It seems that Apple could already do the following with the NTX (because this would probably require additional memory): 1) Cache the 300dpi TrueType bitmaps in memory on the NTX; 2) Cache the 300dpi TrueType bitmaps on a hard disk connected to the NTX; 3) Download the 680x0 machine language code to the NTX to convert the TrueType outline description (also downloaded to the NTX/stored on NTX disk/stored on a ROM cartridge) to a 300dpi TrueType bitmap. (A similar technique is used, I understand, to implement "Graphics Smoothing".) Herb Poppe hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu NCAR (303) 497-1296 1850 Table Mesa Dr. Boulder, CO 80307-3000