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From: jdutka@wpi.wpi.edu (John Dutka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: GDOS 1.2??
Message-ID: <775@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 14 Feb 89 02:18:16 GMT
References: <41143991.14e07@gtephx.UUCP> <1342@atari.UUCP> <4164b709.14e07@gtephx.UUCP>
Reply-To: tron@wpi.wpi.edu (Richard G. Brewer)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. USA
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In article <4164b709.14e07@gtephx.UUCP> covertr@gtephx.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) writes:
>
>Heck, a new outline based GDOS would be fanastic!! Actually, even the
>Mac doesn't use outline fonts for their screen fonts. The only outline
>fonts on a Mac are the ones used by PostScript programs. and they only
>print on PostScript laser printers.
>
>So, Atari's bitmapped fonts are much more flexible the those on the Mac.

Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! How wrong you are my friend. PostScript fonts AND standard
Macintosh bitmapped fonts support the following typeface modifications (which,
incidentally, are visible in a true WYSIWYG format on the Macintosh's screen):

		BOLDFACE
		Italic (backward slant as an option on PostScript Fonts
		Underline
		Outline
		Shadow
		Superscript
		Subscript 

and a few others that I can't think of right now. It also lets you combine any
or all of those attributes together on any text block IN ANY PROGRAM. I should
know - I own one, and I do LOTS of professional page layout / publishing with 
it. Typefaces can be created by the user with Apple's standard system
software (i.e. ResEdit). The number/variety of fonts is only limited by your
storage space.

To quote Zaphod Beeblebrox, "Q.E.D."

Richard G. Brewer                                       rbrewer@wpi.bitnet
Systems Consultant                                        tron@wpi.wpi.edu
College Computing Center
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA