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From: rmh@apple.com (Rick Holzgrafe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Help:  Font drawing VERY slow in System 7.0
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Date: 24 Jun 91 21:16:33 GMT
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In article <13309@uwm.edu> zark@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Steven M Kosloske) 
writes:
> When I first installed System 7.0, the fonts drew at the same speed they 
did when I was using System 6.0.5.  Then I had a small problem opening my 
System
> suitcase because of font problems, and re-installed System 7.0 with just 
the
> 15 included True Type fonts.  Now whenever I open an About window, or a
> Word document, the fonts draw out VERY slowly, much slower than they did
> before.  Has anyone experienced this problem?  Anyone have a suggested 
fix?

Put the bitmap fonts back. They're included for exactly the reason you've 
encountered: they draw much faster than the TrueType versions. (They're 
also a little better-looking in some cases, since they are hand-tuned 
pixel-by-pixel to look good at their specific point size.) You can 
re-install the bitmap fonts by simply finding copies of them and dragging 
them into your System Folder.

There should not be a problem with having both bitmap and TrueType 
versions of fonts in your System. The system will use a bitmap whenever 
one is available in exactly the correct size, and the TrueType versions 
otherwise.

You didn't specify what your original problem was, so I can't help you 
with it. (I probably couldn't anyway, but you never know... :-)

Hope this helps.

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