Re: PostScript vs TrueType?

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From: Matthias Ulrich Neeracher
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 1990 12:19

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In article <BARNETT.90Aug2171900@grymoire.crd.ge.com> barnett@crdgw1.ge.com writes:
>Getting a 10 point font to look decent on a 72 dpi screen is easy.
>Getting a 5 point font to look good on paper is something else.

Assuming we talk about a 300 dpi or higher resolution printer, this should be
*much* easier than getting a 10 point font on screen. 5 points on a laserwriter
correspond to about a 20 point screen font. Or have I missed something ?

Matthias

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Matthias Neeracher                                   mneerach@c.inf.ethz.ch
  "I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, 
   but they've always worked for me" -- Hunter S. Thompson

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Subject: Re: PostScript vs TrueType?
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Date: 6 Aug 90 12:19:56 GMT
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