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From: crespo@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (Ivan Crespo)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: Scaleable fonts
Message-ID: <6480002@hpvcfs1.HP.COM>
Date: 27 Feb 90 20:02:35 GMT
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> / hpvcfs1:comp.fonts / jtc@van-bc.UUCP (J.T. Conklin) /  3:59 pm  Feb 25, 1990 /
> I am writing an application in which I need to generate high-quality
> font glyphs at arbitrary sizes and raster resolutions.  Since this is
> an interactive application, Cons'ing up a mode_def and spawning METAFONT
> to generate the font is not an option.
> 
> Does anyone license outline or vector fonts and the routines needed
> to rasterize them?
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
> --jtc

  You might want to try Compugraphic Corp's Intellifont, their scalable font
  system is very good and I think its free (they charge you for the outlines)
  their address is:

  Compugraphic Corp.
  200 Ballardvale St.
  Wilminton, MA 01887

  Tel. (508) 658-5600

  I.
  --
  crespo%hpvcfs1@hplabs.hp.com