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Article #2911Re: Universal font standard
From: Devon E Bowen
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1988 15:16
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1988 15:16
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In article <3178@gryphon.CTS.COM> richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes:
>Pretty wild idea, huh ?
>
>Before I go any further: Comments ?
Well, the problem is that as resolution increases (or the size of the fonts
get bigger) you're going to have missing information. That's always been a
problem with bitmap fonts. I'm for pushing something more along the lines
of what PostScript does. By defining the font as a collection of lines and
curves, magnification only makes the fonts bigger. All the continuity is
still there even if you blow up the character to a full page. If a standard
would be made, it would have to do something like this in order to satisfy
everyone and to allow for changes in technology.
Devon Bowen (KA2NRC)
University at Buffalo
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!sunybcs!bowen From: bowen@sunybcs.UUCP (Devon E Bowen) Newsgroups: comp.fonts Subject: Re: Universal font standard Message-ID: <10015@sunybcs.UUCP> Date: 7 Apr 88 15:16:48 GMT References: <3178@gryphon.CTS.COM> Reply-To: bowen@joey.UUCP (Devon E Bowen) Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science Lines: 21 Keywords: common