From: Mike R. Manzano (alephx01_at_mac.com)
Date: Wed Mar 17 2004 - 19:05:09 PST
Well, AA type has always been a subject of debate. However, starting a
debate on the usefulness of AA type is not what I wanted to do. I
wanted to start a thread on the technical plausibility of doing it, and
perhaps generate discussion on the right places to start looking.
Myself, I am an experienced programmer, just not on the NewtonScript
side, and Newton development books are a little hard to come by these
days.
Mike
On Mar 17, 2004, at 2:42 PM, kareljansens wrote:
> Op woensdag 17 maart 2004 23:34, schreef josh musket:
>> 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?
>>>
>>> Mike
>>
>> It seems way reasonable. It'd be cool, even if I doubt I'd ever use
>> it.
>> I'd have it on my Newt, simply for cool factor. But I seriously think
>> people'd go for this.
>
> I doubt it'd be a good idea. AA fonts, unless done _very_ well, look
> like cr*p
> on LCD screens anyway, and those are modern colour LCDs, not the Newt's
> ageing screens.
>
> In any case the fonts we have now are crisp and clean and, due to the
> Newt's
> high DPI, hardly blocky at all. They rock.
>
> Instead, do a GhostScript for the Newton, will ya? :)
>
> Karel Jansens
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