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From: IDJSM@ASUACAD.BITNET (Jeff Maxwell)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: TrueType and bitmaps
Message-ID: <91126.032912IDJSM@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Date: 6 May 91 10:29:12 GMT
Organization: Arizona State University
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If you use a certain size of a font often, keep the bitmap of it installed.
Quickdraw seems to use the bitmap whenever it is available because it's
faster and more accurate than having to construct it.

I have also had trouble with the UMICH truetypes not printing to the
laserwriter, although they seem to work on an imagewriter without a hitch.
I think there is some error in the conversion because the computer still
looks for the postscript file and constructs a 72 dpi bitmap when it
can't find one.  Sending to the Imagewriter, on the other hand, always
gives terrific 144 dpi type with or without the postscript file installed
in the system folder.

Anyone know when Zaph, Avant Garde and the other Laserwriter fonts are
going to be available in TrueType?  Having ATM fonts around really muddies
up the system folder and takes too much hard disk space.

Jeff