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From: Michael.Burton@f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Michael Burton)
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Subject: Outline Fonts
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Date: 21 May 89 15:10:16 GMT
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   Actually, I've been thinking about Apple's plan to use outline fonts on 
System 7.0, and it won't necessarily slow things down terribly.  During
most operations, the computer will still be using bitmaps similar to (or
identical to) the current font resources.  Only when you change typefaces
or type sizes will the system have to use the outline font descriptions. 
Those will be used to construct a bitmap in the size and style you've
requested.  If you use lots and lots of fonts in a single document, you
may find things slowed down significantly.  But I think that for the most
part outline fonts shouldn't slow things down too much even on a Mac Plus. 
At least I hope that's true--I'm using a Mac Plus myself.


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