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From: price@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu (John Price)
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Subject: Re: 02/TrueType questions answered
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Date: 6 May 91 19:16:22 GMT
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In article <1991May6.170048.16879@agate.berkeley.edu>, wchang@qin.Berkeley.EDU (William Chang) writes:
>In article <673545631.1@blkcat.FidoNet.Org> Ken.Knight@p4217.f421.n109.z1.FidoNet.Org (Ken Knight) writes:
>>Q: I am using a DeskWriter printer and like the fonts that HP has given me 
>>more than the TrueType ones. 

>Does this suggest TrueType is of lower quality?  Has anyone done a comparison
>of TrueType, HP, and Adobe fonts?  (I realize quality varies depending on
>printer; I use both DeskWriter and Apple LaserWriter.)

	This is a matter of personal opinion.  I personally prefer the 
TrueType fonts; I consider the HP fonts to be "fatter" somehow, and not 
quite as attractive (although they're certainly much better than the bitmap 
fonts I had on my old Imagewriter I  :)

           John Price * * * * price@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu
           Where there is no solution, there is no problem.