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Date:	Sun, 21 Nov 2004 15:17:40 PST8
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: OS2.INI PM_Font_Drivers ?

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Martin Rosenfeld wrote:
>
> Just an uneducated comment: I doubt that there is any less logic used in
> rendering a Postscript 1 font than [a TrueType] font, I believe a lot more
> of the "logic" is included in the [TTF] file than in the PFB and OFM files.

But then the TTF files would be _larger_ than the combined PFB/OFM
files. And they aren't. The TTF files are smaller. (Lurkers: Look in
\PSFONTS\)

The PostScript files, being larger, must contain more rendering info.
And the PostScript rendering DLL, being larger, must have more logic.

Did I miss something?

(Seeking back into my fuzziest of neurons, I believe TrueType renders
using simple curves while PostScript uses more sophisticated Bezier
curves, and this was the thrust of Adobe's attack on TrueType's
quality.)

- Peter

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