Re: PostScript vs TrueType?

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From: Bruce Barnett
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 1990 17:40

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In article <174@neptune.inf.ethz.ch> mneerach@b.inf.ethz.ch (Matthias Ulrich Neeracher) 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 ?

You haven't missed anything. I was considering the case of Apple and
TrueType: They already had a 10 pt. font for each of their fonts, and
it would just be a task of making sure the hints would generate the
fonts they already used.

But I think I am confusing TrueType, PostScript/ATM and Folio. 

I believe Folio has a bitmap font it uses for small, common 
screen fonts. 

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Bruce G. Barnett	barnett@crd.ge.com	uunet!crdgw1!barnett

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