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In article <0E010009.ga3tkq@stx.UUCP> costello@world.std.com writes:
>In article <27A0D88E.25278@ics.uci.edu>, ajauch@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Alexander Edwin Jauch) writes:
>> >I know ATM is good for smoothing really large fonts, but does anyone have
>> >first-hand experience with it, for improving deskwriter output at small
>> >fonts like 6-14 point?
>
>ATM doesn't help *any* printer in that size range.  The indifference point
>between having specific bitmaps versus letting ATM do its thing is right
>around 14 points.

As an avid user of ATM, I'll have to disagree there.  Unless your  printer has
its own built-in bit-map fonts, you will be able to see a dramatic difference
even in a 9-point font.  10 and 12 point bitmap fonts are downright ugly at
300 dpi.  Perhaps you mean that ATM won't help you beyond 14 point if you are
using a dot-matrix printer?  DEATH to the jaggies!
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