Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!visix!amanda From: amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Unified Postscript Fonts {Was: Neat Idea for a System Extension} Message-ID: <1991Jun18.024648.331@visix.com> Date: 18 Jun 91 02:46:48 GMT References: <1991Jun7.101930.28539@athena.cs.uga.edu> <237@eclectic.COM> Organization: Visix Software Inc., Reston, VA Lines: 17 In article <237@eclectic.COM> kenh@eclectic.COM (Ken Hancock) writes: >Apple currently has sample code which does exactly this for TrueType >fonts. The logical extension would be to have developers have this >code for both TrueType and bitmap-driven (Type 1) fonts. Adobe Type Reunion does pretty much the same thing for Type 1 fonts. It makes the Font menu hierarchical, with the available styles as a pullright from the family name. It seems quite compatible with most applications. -- Amanda Walker amanda@visix.com Visix Software Inc. ...!uunet!visix!amanda -- "When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses." --John F. Kennedy