IRIS Font Manager: font scaling

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From: John H. Chauvin
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 16:25

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Can someone tell me if the IRIS font manager is able to scale a font to 
a size which is not available, in the same way that PostScript does? 
For example, the font courier roman is available in the following 
sizes:8,10,12,14,16,18,20,24,32 as defined in the font directory 
/usr/lib/fmfonts. Is it possible to obtain sizes 11,13,15,and 19? The man 
page for fmscalefont says "If you request a size for which there is no 
font, the Font Library routines choose the font that matches closest but 
is not larger than the requested size." This does not sound like font 
scaling to me. This is the exact behavior I am experiencing in a gl 
program I am using. A font size of 15 points using courier looks like 14 
points. But another man page on fmscalefont says "Its functionality 
parallels the scalefont operator of PostScript." A font defined to be 15 
points using PostScript is definitely larger than 14 points. 

Font Confused


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