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Article #2707Re: PostScript vs TrueType?
From: Michael C. Grant
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 1990 00:59
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 1990 00:59
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In article <BARNETT.90Aug2171900@grymoire.crd.ge.com>, barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) writes: > How can you design low level hints in the fonts, when the output > can be on 72, 200, 300, 600, 1200, or 2400 DPI machines? Do you only > load the "hints" for the output devices you will drive? Hints aren't designed to be used on the virtual page, they are designed to be used on the physical page. What that gibberish means is that hints that are used for 6pt letters on a 300dpi printer would be equivalently used on 3pt letters on a 600dpi printer. The hints work with machine pixels, not point sizes. Needless to say, 2540dpi printers don't need many hints, eh? Michael C. Grant
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