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Re: Truetype fonts [message #37089 is a reply to message #37086]

Mon, 24 November 2003 09:45

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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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
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		Re: Truetype fonts By: Pavel Romashkin on Mon, 24 November 2003 12:48
		Re: Truetype fonts By: Haje Korth on Mon, 24 November 2003 11:00
		Re: Truetype fonts By: David Fanning on Mon, 24 November 2003 09:45
		Re: Truetype fonts By: Haje Korth on Mon, 24 November 2003 08:31
		Re: Truetype fonts By: David Fanning on Fri, 21 November 2003 14:22

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