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From: kaufman@neon.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman)
Subject: Re: System 7.0
Message-ID: <1991Jun3.221038.17082@neon.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Ca , USA
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Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1991 22:10:38 GMT
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rmh@apple.com (Rick Holzgrafe) writes:

>In article <20016@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> jclee@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Jimmy Lee) writes:
-> Tip-if you are only using one size of a particular
-> font, then take out the TrueType in the system suitcase and put back
-> the Bit-Mapped.

>Keep the TrueType *and* the bitmap, it's OK to have both. The system will 
>use a bitmap instead of a TrueType font when the bitmap is available in 
>the correct size.

However, you should be aware that the font metrics for the bitmaps are not
the same as for the TrueType outlines, so that DrawString will give different
length results depending on which one you are using.

Apple: why didn't you recalculate the Bit-Mapped font metrics so they match
the TrueType metrics?

Marc Kaufman (kaufman@Neon.stanford.edu)