colin@gouldnl.encore.nl (Colin Smale) (04/26/91)
I'm experimenting with downloading fonts to an Apple LaserWriter II NTX (from a UNIX system over a serial line). I have a font file in plain PS, with CharProcs full of lineto/moveto/curveto things. The file itself is less than 90k long, but uses 160k of the printer's memory. At this rate I won't be able to download many fonts at all! Now, I understand that might just be a 'given' for downloading fonts, but I wonder if there is a way to reduce the memory usage, perhaps by freeing things after 'definefont' has been executed, or by 'precompiling' the font program in some way. I am not using 'bind' at all in the font program; I did try it once for all the character procedures but it didn't make any difference to the memory usage. Is 160k reasonable for a Garamond-Light lookalike? Is there any way to 'delete' a font from FontDirectory once defined? Any tips? Thanks in advance, Colin