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From: awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels)
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Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release
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Date: 19 Apr 91 14:34:15 GMT
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In article <91dGsess1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
>In article <11145@uwm.edu> gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) writes:
>   Macintosh, pal.  At least it's close enough.
>
>Then why True Type and Adobe Font Manager?

Because many and/or large bitmaps take up too much space, and because many users
have been suckered into thinking their very functional systems just HAVE to have
the ability to display type sizes they'll never use.  Also, when you have lots
of CPU cycles to throw at a problem, the law of diminishing returns doesn't hurt
as much.