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Re: ATM & the DeskWriter

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From: Steve Miller
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1989 17:22
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>I vaguely recall a recent thread of discussion on the topic of whether
>it was better to use HP's scalable fonts or ATM on the DeskWriter.

>What was the conclusion reached?

From my limited experience ATM produced nicer outline and shadow enhancements,
but the other enhancements were very similar.  Some programs like MacDraw II
produced very nice rotated text (at any angle) with ATM.  This is because
MacDraw II rotates it's own text before it sends it to the driver and since
ATM is active all the time, it helps MacDraw II produce nice rotated text.

I did have a couple minor spacing problems for bold text, but I don't know
if this is ATM's fault or the application or what.

Steven Miller
Vancouver Division
Hewlett Packard
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From: stevem@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (Steve Miller)
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Subject: Re: ATM & the DeskWriter
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Date: 13 Nov 89 17:22:16 GMT
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