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From: datta@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Darik Datta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Problems with ATM and LARGE point text
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Date: 12 Feb 90 23:15:21 GMT
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In article <9076.25cd95ae@amherst.bitnet> ksbolduan@amherst.bitnet writes:
>I just ran across an intersting thing using ATM, and thought that I'd share my
>observation with the net:
>
>For some reason, at EXTREMELY large point sizes, ATM can't handle it. Using
>FreeHand 2.02, I made 350 point type and then went to Actual Size. While not as
>severe as without ATM, the jaggies were QUITE evident. And then when I zoomed
>in, it just got worse and worse and worse. One reason I point this out is that
>I've seen text that large (and larger) look great on the screen (in the
>PD/shareware(?) Banner program recently released on info-mac). Is this a
>limitation in ATM, or is it FreeHand? I figured that ATM would override the
>application, and give accurate jaggy-free renditions at _ANY_ point size. But I
>guess not...


This  problem is with FreeHand.  FreeHand will not draw text any larger than
127 pt. with ToolBox calls (which ATM intercepts).  Larger than that, and
it draws the text offscreen and scales it up with a CopyBits call.  I
have used ATM with a PD banner program and successfully printed out`
512 pt characters at the full resolution of an IW II (equivalent to
1024 pt on-screen).  As well, in Dreams I have zoomed in about 4 times
on 127 pt text without jaggies appearing.