phaedrus@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark Phaedrus) (05/01/91)
In article <1991Apr26.011809.10458@rodan.acs.syr.edu> patrinos@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Anthony J. Patrinos) writes about TrueType files: >Supposedly you need only one font file to describe the font in any >size, since it is descibed geometrically. However some of the fonts >came in more than one sizes - and this doesn't make much sense to me. Most TrueType fonts you'll find come with a few conventional bitmaps at the more common point sizes, just like most Postscript fonts come with a few bitmaps too. The reason is pretty simple: bitmaps display faster than TrueType or PostScript fonts. Things will work just fine (if slower) if you remove all the bitmaps and just leave the TrueType font (when you're looking at things with Font/DA Mover, the TrueType font is the one that doesn't have a point size number at the end of its name), but unless you're running on a really fast Mac or you're really short on hard disk space, you'll probably want to leave the bitmaps of at least the one or two point sizes you use most. -- Internet: phaedrus@u.washington.edu (University of Washington, Seattle) The views expressed here are not those of this station or its management. "If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, consider an exciting career as a guillotine operator!"