khaw@parcplace.com (Mike Khaw) (12/05/90)
I've heard/read that if you have Type 1 PostScript fonts, ATM can
display them properly at various point sizes on your screen. But, does
that also mean that you can get reasonable looking hardcopy on HP
DeskJets if you have only Type 1 PostScript fonts *without*
4-times-oversized bitmap versions or ATM outline font versions of a
particular font family?
In particular, I'd like to use Ecological Linguistics' Burmese font,
which is available as bitmaps in a limited range of point sizes (w/o
the necessary 4x sizes for the DeskJet), or Type 3 PostScript fonts,
which I suppose Evolution or Metamorphosis should be able to convert to
Type 1. I already have a DeskJet, Grappler LS to drive it from my Mac,
and ATM 2.0
--
Mike Khaw
ParcPlace Systems, Inc., 1550 Plymouth St., Mountain View, CA 94043
Domain=khaw@parcplace.com, UUCP=...!{uunet,sun,decwrl}!parcplace!khawjeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (George Jefferson ) (12/05/90)
In article <752@parcplace.com> khaw@parcplace.com (Mike Khaw) writes: >I've heard/read that if you have Type 1 PostScript fonts, ATM can >display them properly at various point sizes on your screen. But, does >that also mean that you can get reasonable looking hardcopy on HP >DeskJets if you have only Type 1 PostScript fonts *without* >4-times-oversized bitmap versions or ATM outline font versions of a >particular font family? > "ATM outline fonts" are simply type 1 postscript fonts ATM works by _generating_ 4x oversize (or whatever depending on the output device) fonts. When your DJ driver asks for a 4x font ATM 'cuts in' and produces one. Thus all you need is one screen font (so your application knows how to space things) and the type 1 font for ATM. -- -george @sol1.lrsm.upenn.edu
boris@world.std.com (Boris Levitin) (12/07/90)
khaw@parcplace.com (Mike Khaw) writes: >I've heard/read that if you have Type 1 PostScript fonts, ATM can >display them properly at various point sizes on your screen. But, does >that also mean that you can get reasonable looking hardcopy on HP >DeskJets if you have only Type 1 PostScript fonts *without* >4-times-oversized bitmap versions or ATM outline font versions of a >particular font family? ATM intercepts requests for a particular size of a particular font. The LQ ImageWriter driver which drives the DeskJet under your configuration (a Grappler connection) requests a size four times larger than the one you specified. When ATM is installed, it fulfills this request if a Type 1 downloadble font file is installed for the font you requested. The fonts supplied with ATM and the ATM Plus Pack are Type 1 fonts, no different from any other Type 1 fonts. For this reason, if you can use Metamorphosis or evolution to convert your Type 3 Burmese font into a Type 1 one, they should work. >In particular, I'd like to use Ecological Linguistics' Burmese font, >which is available as bitmaps in a limited range of point sizes (w/o >the necessary 4x sizes for the DeskJet), or Type 3 PostScript fonts, >which I suppose Evolution or Metamorphosis should be able to convert to >Type 1. I already have a DeskJet, Grappler LS to drive it from my Mac, >and ATM 2.0 Boris Levitin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WGBH Public Broadcasting, Boston boris@world.std.com Audience & Marketing Research wgbx!boris_levitin@athena.mit.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (The opinions expressed herein are my own and do not necessarily coincide with those of my employer or anyone else. The WGBH tag is for ID only.)