Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pro-nbs.cts.com!lhaider From: lhaider@pro-nbs.cts.com (Laer Haider) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: TrueType font support for the GS Message-ID: <3794.apple.a2.net@pro-nbs> Date: 4 Jun 91 03:55:14 GMT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 33 In-Reply-To: message from hackett@gaul.csd.uwo.caMike > OK that does it. Can anyone tell me where I can get the specs. for the >TrueType format? If no one else is working on it, then I'd sure like to >make a go at making a GS tool to support it. I see that the System 7 fonts >are available on ftp.apple.com, so I've got some test data. I assume that >Apple would have no complaints about this (except that it might show up the >Mac). Anyone else interested in working on this project (again, if no one >else is already working on it), I would be pleased to hear from you. Apple will only have complaints if you happen to implement it well. TrueType was jointly developed by Apple and Microsoft and is copy- righted by both companies, so you might want to look into the legal aspects of using their work before releasing your work. About TrueType showing up on a Mac, it has. That's what Apple has been working for. If you compete against the Mac on Apple's bastard step-child computer (the Apple II series), you can expect to hear from part of Apple's lawyer gastapo force. Check with Andy, Matt and/ or Dave before venturing too far. / _______________________________________________ \ / / ProLine: pro-nbs!lhaider \\\' , / // INET: lhaider@pro-nbs.cts.com \\\//, _/ //, UUCP: crash!pro-nbs!lhaider \_-//' / //<, ARPA: crash!pro-nbs!lhaider@nosc.mil \ /// > \\\`__/_ /,)-^>>\` , \\\ The opinions express here are just opinions. (/ \\ /\\\ Don't have a cow man! // _//\\\\ ----------------------------------------------- ((` ((