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From: lange@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (Trent Lange)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: System 7.0 Q & A
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Date: 12 May 89 00:21:40 GMT
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In article <1787@internal.Apple.COM> lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) writes:
>
>System 7.0 still supports bitmap fonts, and font developers can choose to 
>use bitmaps at small sizes.  I don't know what will be done to provide 
>outline fonts for existing Postscript fonts.
>
>Larry Rosenstein, Apple Computer, Inc.
>Object Specialist

Will bitmap fonts be the standard way for drawing "normal-size" fonts
(eg 9, 10, 12)?  It seems to me that the mathematical calculations
for drawing an outline font would take much longer than simply dumping
a bitmap.  Or is part of 7.0's larger recommended heap size going to
be used for temporarily storing the bitmaps calculated by the outline,
so the calculations only have to be done once per font*size*character/session?

Trent Lange

P.S.  I'm sure I'm speaking for most when I say how much I appreciate
      Apple's giving these kinds of advance technical notices, and
      for "official" Apple people like you answering our questions.


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