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- From: francis@ircam.fr (Joseph Francis)
- Newsgroups: comp.fonts,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.desktop
- Subject: Re: "Hinting" using antialiasing? A GNUish alternative...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.162156.13676@ircam.fr>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 16:21:56 GMT
- References: <PCG.92Dec22183541@decb.aber.ac.uk> <freek.725305697@groucho.phil.ruu.nl> <PCG.92Dec27211507@decb.aber.ac.uk>
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- In article <PCG.92Dec27211507@decb.aber.ac.uk> pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) writes:
- >On 25 Dec 92 17:48:17 GMT, freek@phil.ruu.nl (Freek Wiedijk) said:
- >
- >freek> From Steward Brand's `the Media Lab', pages 170-172, reproduced
- >freek> without permission:
- >
- >freek> The Media Lab has in its history a fine example of wrong exploit-
- >freek> ing---an excellent, simple idea, instantly applicable, available
- >freek> free to anyone, that has sat on the shelf, in plain view of the
- >freek> world since 1971. Called Fuzzy Fonts, it is a cheap, easy way to
- >freek> have much higher resolution print on computer and TV screens.
- >
- >Aw gosh! This is really dumb! Marketing wise, calling "Fuzzy Fonts"
- >something that actually enhances apparent resolution is both wrong and a
- >terrible turn off! Imagine: "do you want Fuzzy Fonts on your screen?" to
- >which the answer is "surely not, those I have got are already too fuzzy".
- >
- >freek> With a normal IBM or Macintosh screen they were something like 60
- >freek> percent less efficient than on paper. Then they anti- aliased
- >freek> the fonts and put in the same kinds of errors, and people came up
- >freek> with 98 percent of the efficiency of paper.
- >
- >Ah, thanks for the quote. Antialiasing fans, including the folks at
- >Acorn, will be much relieved.
- >
- >freek> Fuzzy Fonts may be the Media Lab's single most proven commercial
- >freek> idea. Why it had to wait till 1987 to become a product is a
- >freek> mystery.
- >
- >Are they thinking of the ARM?
- >
- >freek> (Apple finally introduced Fuzzy Fonts on their second- generation
- >freek> Macintosh computers in spring, 1987, followed by IBM.)
- >
- >Anybody knows anybody about this?
-
- I for one would pass out if I could have this technology for doing
- DTP. Does anyone have more information? What is "followed by IBM"...
- I don't think I've ever seen anti-aliased fonts on Mac or IBM.
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