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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 and fonts (ATM, etc.)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan29.011608.11909@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
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- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 01:16:08 GMT
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- In article <1k9e5vINNe2g@fnnews.fnal.gov> isely@fncrd7.fnal.gov (Mike Isely) writes:
- > Continuing this thread... Does/Will OS/2 2.1 support TrueType
- >native from OS/2? In other words, will it be possible in the future to run
- >an OS/2 wordprocessor and employ TrueType fonts within it? One would think
- >that since 2.1's WIN-OS2 will understand TrueType, that perhaps native OS/2
- >apps like the WPS might be able to use it too.
- > Or is this a stupid question?
-
- It will not. OS/2 uses ATM as the preferred typeface rendering
- technology. TrueType is provided for compatibility only in Win-OS/2.
-
- ATM works well with Postscript, and it is the "professional" standard.
- It is also an IBM standard across nearly all of its platforms.
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