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Subject: Re: BlitzFonts query reply (and executa
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Date: Fri, 15-May-87 10:28:00 EDT
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As an owner of FastFonts (by Microsmiths), I thought I'd post a mini-review
and clear up some misunderstandings.

FastFonts is a teensy program that does pretty much what BlitzFonts
claims to do (haven't uploaded that yet tho).  It has the additional
feature of allowing you to substitute other fonts for the default
Topaz font in system memory, thereby changing the look of your CLI
or whatever, without the program's knowledge.  I'd say that most
of the stuff I run (miroemacs, primarily) seems to be about twice
as fast when using it.  Ironically, programs that were fast at
displaying text _before_ FastFonts are the ones that benefit most
from turning it on.

Also with FastFonts you get a few extra fonts to play with, and two
other utilities: Screenblanker, which dims the screen after some
specified time period, and FunKeys, which lets you write keyboard
"hot key" macros and provides a way to make new CLIs on the fly
a la POPCLI.

On the whole I am pleased with the package; it has never Gurued me.
However, a significant complaint is that it does not live up to one
of its claims, which is that you can create your own typefaces
to substitute for the default Topaz one.  Every time I've done
any significant editing to the Topaz font and stored it out,
FastFonts claims for one reason or another to be unable to 
use it (I have been careful not to change the base size of the
font at all, as per the directions). The fonts they supply
_do_ work, but then they're pretty ugly ones.


Chris Anderson
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