cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) (10/05/89)
I was wondering why the fonts in Windows look so poor on the screen
and printer, so I went into Fat Bits mode in Windows Paint and looked
at the fonts carefully. They are garbage! With just a small
amount of twiddling bits, I was able to dramatically improve the
looks of the Roman font. Is there some technical reason related
to print resolution why they are so poor? Or is this just Microsoft
laziness?
Is there a font editor out there that knows about Microsoft Windows
font format? If so, would adding decent fonts to the Windows
directory enable those fonts to be used by applications on screen
and printer? If not, what is required to do so?
--
Clayton E. Cramer {pyramid,pixar,tekbspa}!optilink!cramer
"The tree of liberty must be watered periodically with the blood of tyrants
and patriots alike. It is its natural manure." -- Thomas Jefferson
Disclaimer? You must be kidding! No company would hold opinions like mine!hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft) (10/09/89)
In article <2447@optilink.UUCP>, cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes: > I was wondering why the fonts in Windows look so poor on the screen > and printer, so I went into Fat Bits mode in Windows Paint and looked > at the fonts carefully. They are garbage! With just a small > amount of twiddling bits, I was able to dramatically improve the > looks of the Roman font. Is there some technical reason related > to print resolution why they are so poor? Or is this just Microsoft > laziness? Roman is a stroke font that is translated into a bit mapped font for the particular size that you want. It's not surprising that it looks poor. The true bit map fonts like Tms Rmn, Courier, Helv look okay because they've been optimized for particular device resolutions and pitch sizes. > Is there a font editor out there that knows about Microsoft Windows > font format? If so, would adding decent fonts to the Windows > directory enable those fonts to be used by applications on screen > and printer? If not, what is required to do so? There's a font editor that comes with the Windows developers Toolkit. I've developed a Symbol (greek characters etc) font with it. -- Roger Hadgraft | hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au Lecturer in Civil Engineering | phone: +61 3 565 4983 Monash University | fax: +61 3 565 3409 Clayton, Vic. 3168. Australia. |