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Article #6093Re: Obliquing fonts
From: harold.e.bamford
Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 15:59
Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 15:59
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In article <24968@well.sf.ca.us> capslock@well.sf.ca.us (Allen Crider) writes: > "The 6.93 in our last matrix above is the product of 12xtan30, so our >characters are obliqued by thirty degrees." Says the Blue Book. > >I tried doing this in C: >f = 12 * tan(30); > >and get 76.864, not 6.93. Using 30 degrees: 12 * tan(30) = 12 * 0.57735 = 6.9282 Using 30 radians: 12 * tan(30 = 12 * -6.40533 = -76.8639 Postscript angles are in degrees, not radians. -- Harold
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!mips!pacbell.com!att!cbnewse!cbnewsd!bamford From: bamford@cbnewsd.att.com (harold.e.bamford) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Obliquing fonts Keywords: Oblique, slant, tan Message-ID: <1991May23.155930.18804@cbnewsd.att.com> Date: 23 May 91 15:59:30 GMT References: <24968@well.sf.ca.us> Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 16