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Re: Truetype fonts [message #37095 is a reply to message #37089]

Mon, 24 November 2003 08:31

Haje Korth
Messages: 651
Registered: May 1997

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David,
I realized by the number of replies I got that TT fonts are restricted to
object graphics. 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 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!

Haje

"David Fanning" <david@dfanning.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a283e06d90d51d2989753@news.frii.com...
> Haje Korth writes:
>
>> Does any one know how to setup a Truetype font that does not look like
crap
>> on the screen? I tried
>>
>> !p.font=1
>> device,set_font='Helvetica',/tt_font
>> window,0,xsize=300,ysize=300
>> xyouts,0.5,0.5,'Hello World',/normal,charsize=5
>>
>> but the results are so lousy that even Hershey looks better.
>
> I think you need to join me in petitioning RSI to
> include those neat new fonts that they put into
> iTools in direct graphics. They are *very* slick,
> look terrific on the display, and are *badly* needed
> in direct graphics, as I was just telling them
> this morning....
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
> --
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> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
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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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