[comp.fonts] Type 1 Font Format Updates, version 1.1

odonnell@adobe.COM (Terry O'Donnell) (04/11/91)

There is a new Adobe Technical Note, available on the PS-File-Server,
which describes the changes in version 1.1 of the Adobe Type 1 Font 
Format book (published by Addison Wesley) from version 1.0, published by
Adobe Systems. Anyone who has only the version 1.0 book may find this
document useful. The Technical Note is #5047: Adobe Type 1 Font Format: 
Updates for Version 1.1.

The changes are fairly minor. There is one new hint operator to aid in 
the rendering of complex glyphs such as bar code characters or logos 
which have a number of repeated elements. There are also a few other 
items: more clearly documented default values for hint operators; an 
added warning about the use of CLOSEPATH; a furthur clarification of 
ATM parsing; and a new version of code for the Flex procedure.

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Terry O'Donnell
Developer Support
Adobe Systems