Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!huxley!steve From: steve@huxley.huxley.bitstream.com (Steve Stein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: TrueTypes and Bitmaps together? Message-ID: Date: 22 May 91 14:13:52 GMT References: <1991May21.232030.23869@ecst.csuchico.edu> Sender: steve@huxley.UUCP Reply-To: (Stephen Z. Stein) Organization: Bitstream, Inc. Lines: 36 In-reply-to: lorner@ecst.csuchico.edu's message of 21 May 91 23:20:30 GMT In article <1991May21.232030.23869@ecst.csuchico.edu> lorner@ecst.csuchico.edu (Lance Orner) writes: > 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? First of all, since there seems to have been some confusion on this point, it IS possible to have bitmap fonts coexisting with the same TT fonts in the same system. If the system wants a size for which there is a bitmap, the bitmap will be used. If there is no bitmap of the desired size, the TT font is used. Now, why would you WANT to do it this way? 1. Bitmaps for certain fonts may be clearer on the screen than the hinted TT fonts. One example recently posted here was the "cl" combination in some small Times sizes coming out looking like "d". 2. There may be some incompatability in your particular applications between the widths and linespacing of the characters in the TT font and those of the bitmap font. If you have existing documents, upgrading to TT may change your line or page breaks. Installing the particular bitmaps used by your old documents will cure any incompatability problems which may arise. (Regarding this second point: Bitstream has been particularly careful to maintain width and heighth compatability wherever possible. It is possible to achieve compatability in *almost* all cases, but not all. I don't know the situation with other font manufacturers.) - Steve Stein - Bitstream, Inc. (OBVIOUS DISCLAIMER: I work for Bitstream, Inc.)