Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!convex!lamont From: lamont@convex.com (Bradley Lamont) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: System 7.0 - TrueType vs Bitmapped fonts and postscript? Message-ID: Date: 31 May 91 16:03:53 GMT References: Sender: usenet@convex.com (news access account) Distribution: comp Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA Lines: 36 Nntp-Posting-Host: trojan.convex.com yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) writes: > I have both TrueType and bitmapped fonts in my System File (7.0). > My questions are: > 1. Should I removed all of my bitmapped fonts in favor of their > TrueType equivalent? Meaning if I have both a TrueType Times > font and all the Times bitmapped fonts, should I removed all my > bitmapped Times fonts from the System File? If you remove all the non-truetype fonts, everytime you change fonts or sizes, the system will have to regenerate the new style/size/font. This takes time and slows the system down. If you don't care about the speed, then take out all the duplicate non-truetype fonts in the system file. > 2. I heard that documents created with TrueType fonts will create > huge postscript files that includes the font description, instead > of just using the printer font. Is this true? If so, how do I > work around this? BTW: I heard that this problem also existed > when using ATM. I haven't heard anything about this. I have been using ATM and ow truetype and have had no problems with larger files. Someone else correct me if I am wrong about this. > 3. Last question - Is an italicized Times font equal to the Times > Italic font? If not, when should I choose one over the other? Times Italic is a different font. It has the fonts tilted, but it is defined differently than the Times font. Italicized Times is done by the toolbox by ofsetting the letters. It is not as astheticly pleasing and may not print smoothly. Later, Brad