Re: Type 1 -> TrueType

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From: mel
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1991 02:32

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In article <8c1YgUe00Uzx41_ghr@andrew.cmu.edu> jo0e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jared M. Oberhaus) writes:
>We are very interested in converting our investment in our Type 1 fonts
>into Apple's superior integration of fonts with TrueType. What we want
>to know is what kind of quality should we expect from this conversion?

Superior?  In some ways maybe - but according to the Apple rep at our last user
group meeting, True Type fonts cannot even be rotated.  I don't think I'd rush
to convert my Type 1's to True Type just yet.

Mel Shear
!rex!fleet!mel
New Orleans, LA.

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Subject: Re: Type 1 -> TrueType
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