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Re: Pointless

In article <4kgjq0$u22@apocalypse.dmi.stevens-tech.edu>,
Karl Horster <khorster@attila.stevens-tech.edu> wrote:
> 	Has anyone noticed what uses Pointless and what doesn't?

All applications which use the standard IIgs Font Manager and
QuickDraw calls for dealing with fonts will automatically make use of
Pointless.

If a program uses a fixed font for displaying information, then you
will not gain any benefit from Pointless, except possibly when
printing (if you have a TrueType version of the font which is used).

> I don't think that QuickCalc supports it very well, and I notice
> differences between Shadowwrite and Appleworks GS in size and
> quality...

AppleWorks GS has a self-imposed limit of 48 points when you select a
font (which can be bypassed by holding down the Option key when using
the Choose Font dialog, if I remember right).  Other than that, it
shouldn't have any restrictions with Pointless.

ShadowWrite is based on the TextEdit toolset, which is fully compatible
with Pointless, so I can't think of any reason for different behaviour.



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