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Article #2023Re: Defining a font vs. defining a procedure
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 03:32
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 03:32
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In article <1992Aug28.210024.5588@adobe.com> asente@adobe.com (A Usenet Pal) writes:
>In article <DTPIBNI@taronga.com> peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>>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
>However, if you don't use a font you get different defects for every
>iteration.
That's right. Which for many objects might be preferable. A regular border
or fill pattern, for example.
Snapping everything automatically is not always the best choice.
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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!usc!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: <MLRIUUI@taronga.com> Organization: Taronga Park BBS References: <1992Aug27.070502@eklektix.com> <DTPIBNI@taronga.com> <1992Aug28.210024.5588@adobe.com> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 03:32:44 GMT Lines: 22