| Re: Truetype fonts [message #37086 is a reply to message #37082] |
Mon, 24 November 2003 11:00   |
Haje Korth
Messages: 651
Registered: May 1997
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Oh, well, maybe the RSI folks even read this news thread and consider
implementation of TRUETYPE FONTS IN DIRECT GRAPHICS by request of (at least)
two users, because it is a hell lot harder to gather the group of Windows
users desiring pretty direct graphics output, than finding loud screaming
MAC users that are panicing to be cut off the support list.
Cheers,
Haje
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"David Fanning" <david@dfanning.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a2bf1aaabb641a989756@news.frii.com...
> Haje Korth writes:
>
>> I realized by the number of replies I got that TT fonts are restricted
to
>> object graphics.
>
> Well, not exactly.
>
>> The problem is that object graphics is terribly unpractical
>> if you want to hack something the fast way. I got confused that using TT
>> fonts in direct graphics actually does change the result on screen. They
are
>> not simply ignored, they were actively made to look terrible! :-)
>
> I completely understand how you can feel this
> way, but I'm not sure RSI thinks enough about
> us direct graphics users for this offense to *ever*
> rise to malicious intent. More likely they think
> *everyone* is so enamoured with iTools that they
> have completely abandoned direct graphics,
> so why bother? :-)
>
>> I still have not found the right way to petition to RSI. I am just a
small
>> fish (not a shark like you), and I never feel like someone is *really*
>> listeing to me!
>
> Oh, I think they listen. Some of them. They
> certainly listened to the Mac users when they
> started to howl. They just haven't heard the
> cacophony yet from all of us who use (and still
> love) direct graphics. I hope they hear it soon.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
> --
> David W. Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
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