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From: brecher@public.BTR.COM (Steve Brecher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: TrueTypes and Bitmaps together?
Message-ID: <2855@public.BTR.COM>
Date: 22 May 91 07:33:16 GMT
References: <1991May21.232030.23869@ecst.csuchico.edu>
Organization: Software Supply, Sunnyvale CA
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In <1991May21.232030.23869@ecst.csuchico.edu>, lorner@ecst.csuchico.edu
(Lance Orner) asks:

> Especially with all of the new shareware TrueType fonts around, the
> suitcases that are supplied contain both the TrueType and several
> bitmapped versions of the same font.  Is there any point in keeping them
> both, or is the TrueType version enough?

The default behavior of the Font Manager is to use a bitmap if it is
available for the specified size; this default can be overridden by the
application.  Especially in smaller sizes, bitmaps will often look better.
E.g., Adobe's Helvetica 7 bitmap is much nicer than TrueType's rendering
of Helvetica 7.

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brecher@btr.com (Steve Brecher)