laser-lovers@uw-beaver (05/14/85)
From: Robert McKay <RIM@SU-AI.ARPA>
The discussions on PostScript spacing/scaling have focussed on twom main
design goals so far:`
a) graphic manipulability - for which geometric scaling is obviously the
answer
b) typographic excellence (as far as this can be accomplished at 300 dpi) -
Les and Brian have rather done this to death (without to my mind really
answering anything - the best answer clearly is to look at the output,
and the only sample I`ve seen, the Adobe PostScript manual, is pretty
good)
But for many of us (wellm me, anyway) the main interest of PostScript is its
resolution independence, and the foreshadowed printers from Linotype. In that
context, my main goal with a 300 dpi printer would be that it reflect the
typesetter optimised spacing accurately. Will this be possible in any reasonable
way, through default action, or will Braian's semi-kiludge of down-loading
spacing tables be required? (from reading the manuals, I can't really see
an alternative)
Bob McKay