Re: [NTLK] Antialiased fonts

From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Wed Mar 17 2004 - 13:47:11 PST

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On Mar 17, 2004, at 11:00 AM, Mike R. Manzano wrote:

> Okay,
>
> So the Newton has multiple gray levels it can render its screen with.
> What is the possibility that someone could develop a font that used
> those levels of gray to create a highly-readable anti-aliased font?
>
I expect "FORGET IT" is the correct answer to this question.

Not enough horsepower to move around thicker bitmaps is my guess...
Plus it would multiply up pretty quickly with regards to storage.

Not to mention the programatic issues...
Marty

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