How do applications handle bitmapped/TrueType/Postscript ?

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From: Steven Weller
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 13:36

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If I have a page layout program or something similar that can put
fcharacters in many scaled fonts on the screen, what is the relationship
between the internal storage of the font in the computer and the printer ?

If the printer can scale the font, but I have a bit-mapped font on 
the computer what do I see for different font sizes ?

If I don't have the same font on the computer as on the printer what do 
I get ?  Will the (wrong) font on the screen be justified and laid out
correctly ?

What packages are available for grnerating fonts ?  Do any of them 
make TrueType fonts ?

How big are fonts typically, in terms of memory storage ?

I don't have a Mac yet !  So I can't look in the manual.

Thanks

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Subject: How do applications handle bitmapped/TrueType/Postscript ?
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