Hinting Type 1 Fonts on IBM machines

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From: John Baima
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1991 13:36

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I have created a font for ATM using Publisher's Type Foundry and
SoftType. The problem is that one cannot control the 'hinting' of the
resulting ATM font. The font looks good printed on my laser printer,
but awful on screen at, say, 10 points. SoftType claims that it can
autohint characters, but it does not work very well for my font. Is
there *any* possibility of adding usable hints to ATM fonts on an IBM
machine??? The Fontographer people here in Dallas claim that their
program can do this but it is a Mac only program. (Maybe next year for
an IBM version.) Any help? Any hope for us IBM types??

Thanks for any help!
-- 
John Baima
john@utafll.uta.edu

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Subject: Hinting Type 1 Fonts on IBM machines
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