Re: [WinMac] Clarification of wording [WAS:Re: printing]


Leonard Rosenthol(leonardr[at]Adobe.COM)
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 09:26:46 -0500


At 9:55 PM -0500 1/13/99, Dan Schwartz wrote:
> [In case you are wondering, the Bezier "fill rules" (whether a printer
> "dot" is placed or not) for TrueType are different than for PostScript Type
> 1; and because of this PostScript renders much finer details, especially at
> lower printer DPI.]
>
        As I understand it (and I'm NOT a graphics weanie like you
guys), there is a LOT more to it than that, Dan. TrueType using a
completely different type of curve (cubic splines, I think) than PS
does - so when trying to render TT fonts to a PS device, there is a
lot of math conversion between the two and you get worse results.
However, on a QuickDraw (on non-PS device), TT fonts will come out
nicer (and faster).

LDR
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