Re: PostScript vs TrueType?

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From: Chris Silverberg
Date: Sat, 04 Aug 1990 00:37

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In article <862@grenada.UUCP> roger@grenada.uu.net (Roger Corman) writes:
>Which type of hinting is better for you and me?  Whichever allows us
>the most fonts of the best quality for the lowest price (obviously).  I
>personally expect it will be *years* (if ever) before the number of quality
>fonts now available in Adobe format are available in TrueType format.

A couple years perhaps. But it will happen. Bitstream has already committed
itself to fully supporting the TrueType format, and other companies are sure
to follow.

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From: macman@wpi.wpi.edu (Chris Silverberg)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: PostScript vs TrueType?
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Date: 4 Aug 90 00:37:47 GMT
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