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From: hoepfner@heawk1.gsfc.nasa.gov (Patrick Hoepfner)
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Subject: Re: Type 1 -> TrueType
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Date: 3 May 91 12:30:32 GMT
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mel@fleet.UUCP (mel) writes:

>In article <8c1YgUe00Uzx41_ghr@andrew.cmu.edu> jo0e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jared M. Oberhaus) writes:
>We are very interested in converting our investment in our Type 1 fonts
>into Apple's superior integration of fonts with TrueType. What we want
>to know is what kind of quality should we expect from this conversion?

   One additional thing about simple conversion from Type 1 to TrueType. In  
order to take advantage of all of the TrueType features, the font has to 
be created specifically for TrueType.  Using a font conversion program is 
just like a simple port of a program from MS-DOS to the Mac.  It works, but 
none of the advantages are used. 

   I would suggest waiting until a font developer supplies the font in 'native' 
TrueType format.  I think that because there are many developers wanting to 
make money supplying these fonts without having to pay Adobe anything, maybe 
these fonts will cost less than their Type 1 counterparts. 

   I read this in a magazine some time back.  I am not a font developer nor 
do I know how it is done. 
 
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