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From: erics@erics.infoserv.com (Eric S. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: Type 1 vs. Type 3
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Date: 11 Jun 91 20:31:14 GMT
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basil@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Basil Hashem) writes:
> 
> Excuse me if this has been asked before.  (Probably).  Could someone please
> outline the differences between Adobe Type 1 and Type 3 Fonts?  It would be
> appreciated if the answer made specific reference to the Macintosh but anything
> is fine.  As far as I know, most Postscript(tm) compatible printers can down-
> load Type 1 fonts and that Adobe Type Manager (ATM) supports Type 1 fonts only.
> Someone mentioned to me that there may be differences in how the data is
> stored (Data fork vs. Resource fork).  I'm not certain how Type 3 fits into
> all of this.  Can someone please set me straight on all this?
> 
My understanding (and it is admittedly small) of the difference is
this: Type 3 fonts are pure Postscript. Type 1 fonts are an Adobe
special form of Postscript, which contains "hints", used by ATM for
on-screen scaling.

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