Re: big fat shape table fonts?

[Phoenyx <quazar@dcnet2000.com>]

On 10 Sep 2003 06:28:22 GMT
mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote:

> Actually, shape table fonts are hard to make BIG, since they
> cannot be scaled and remain dense.  And if they are drawn
> big (at SCALE=1) and dense, they are sizeable and slow
> to draw.

Beagle Bros had a few large fonts with their graphics programs although I forget which particular disk that was.
 
> Bit-mapped fonts are easier, smaller, and faster to draw for
> big fonts.  Scalable fonts (a la Pointless on the IIgs) and
> AppleWorks GS are about as simple as it could be to use,
> but are complex in implementation, and much slower than
> just blitting a big bit-mapped font (if size and speed are
> issues).
> 
> A.P.P.L.E.'s Higher Text was a very nice hi-res "typewriter"
> that supported single- and double-sized fonts, and color,
> and was very easy to use from BASIC, but double-sized is
> probably not big enough for your application.
> 
> You might also consider using lo-res to make really *BIG*
> characters.  They can be drawn easily in Applesoft, but
> if you want to scroll them, you'll need M/L.

Another option would be the APEX system which could display GS fonts on both hires and dhires screens. It also had a scrolling program as a demo.

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