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Article #7925Re: Bold missing on screen under ATM
From: David Wolverton
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1989 17:46
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1989 17:46
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In article <558@sunfs3.camex.uucp>, kent@sunfs3.camex.uucp (Kent Borg) writes: > In article <122798@felix.UUCP> kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) writes: > >One problem emerges though: 11 point bold does not appear as bold on the > >screen. ... > This is a nasty problem in general. Going to two pixels might be > *far* bolder than what the "real" stroke weight would be, but staying > at 1-pixel makes it look like nothing happened--even if it is, in some > sense, closer to reality. Neither solution will look very good at > such a low resolution. I think Adobe is doing the wrong thing in this > instance, but it is not a simple problem with an obvious answer. Gee, and I thought there was an obvious answer to getting sub-pixel "effective" resolution on CRTs: gray-scale / anti-aliased / fuzzy / add-your-own-term /... fonts. Oh yes, ATM doesn't support such fonts now, but if you un-satisfied customers of Adobe were to send them a big hint that you'd like fuzzy fonts for Christmas, maybe they would send you a present. Dave
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!yunexus!ists!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!cbnewsh!daw From: daw@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (David Wolverton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Bold missing on screen under ATM Summary: try gray-scale fonts Keywords: ATM Adobe Royal Outline Fonts Message-ID: <5902@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> Date: 17 Nov 89 17:46:01 GMT Article-I.D.: cbnewsh.5902 References: <13117@hercules.csl.sri.com> <1312@mrsvr.UUCP> <122798@felix.UUCP> <558@sunfs3.camex.uucp> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 19