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Re: PSsetfont

#1008
From: Matthew Dillon
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 17:42
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In article <1992Sep12.224836.17946@next.cambridge.ma.us> simsong@next.cambridge.ma.us (Simson L. Garfinkel) writes:
>Don't use the PS wraps for fonts; use the Font class.  It's  much faster.
>
>	id	aFont = [Font newFont:"Times-Roman" size:12.0];
>
>	[aFont set];
>	PSmoveto(323,321)
>	PSshow("foobar");
>
>to change the size, use:
>
>	aFont = [Font newFont:[aFont name] size:aNewSize];

    Don't you want to free the old aFont ?

					-Matt

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From: dillon@overload.Berkeley.CA.US (Matthew Dillon)
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Subject: Re:  PSsetfont
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