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Article #1992Re: Defining a font vs. defining a procedure
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 13:00
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 13:00
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In article <1992Aug27.070502@eklektix.com> rcd@raven.eklektix.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
>With a font, the star character gets converted to a bitmap only once.
>That's most of the work. Then, each time you show the character, the bits
>just get blopped into the page bitmap.
One downside of this is if you're rendering to a low resolution device (like
a video screen) you get the same defects for every iteration, and you'll get
regular positioning errors that look like a wave going down the page.
Like everything else, there are a bunch of tradeoffs.
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Peter da Silva, Taronga Park BBS, Houston, TX +1 713 568 0480/1032
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Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!taronga!peter From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: Defining a font vs. defining a procedure Message-ID: <DTPIBNI@taronga.com> Organization: Taronga Park BBS References: <1992Aug26.104914.16859@Princeton.EDU> <1992Aug27.070502@eklektix.com> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 13:00:00 GMT Lines: 15