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From: jellinghaus-robert@CS.YALE.EDU (Rob Jellinghaus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: System 7.0 Q & A
Summary: Gray-scaled, anti-aliased fonts?
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Date: 9 May 89 23:18:31 GMT
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Thanks, Apple, for posting all this info about System 7.0!  I'm really
looking forward to it!

I have two questions, one directed to Apple and one to the net at large?

1) Will support for gray-scaled, anti-aliased fonts be used in System 7.0?
   Anti-aliased fonts are fonts in which the edges of the letters are smoothed
   by gray pixels.  There's not a sharp transition from white pixel to black
   pixel.  The fonts look fuzzier, but they're VASTLY more readable and
   easier on the eyes (see Stewart Brand's _The Media Lab_ for a reference).
   With 32-bit QD and outline font technology already in System 7.0, adding
   shaded fonts wouldn't be all that hard, and it would add one HELL of a
   lot of value for people that do a lot of text editing... so how about
   it, Apple?

2) What's the cheapest '030 or '551 upgrade I can get for my Mac II?  And
   is there anyone else out there who's really, really interested in a
   Mac II system (2MB, 40MB HD, 2 int. drives, great condition, color
   monitor) for ~$4500?  If there is, PLEASE let me know (but with all the
   recent announcements of IIs for sale, I doubt it...)!

Thanks!

Rob Jellinghaus                | "Next time you see a lie being spread or a
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