Re: DUIM font question

• To: info-dylan@ai.mit.edu
• Subject: Re: DUIM font question
• From: "Scott McKay" <swm@mediaone.net>
• Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 10:15:03 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: Road Runner
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John Whittaker wrote in message
<1_z65.14151$NP5.329546@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net>...

>I assume that the portable DUIM text styles would even translate nicely to
>the next platform that FD is released on.  That would be ....?  Just
>kidding, but my vote would be Linux.


DUIM text styles are designed to be a portable abstraction that
"just works" from one platform to another.  But like most abstractions,
it comes at a price -- when you use abstract text styles, you give up
a little of the precise control that you would get if you carefully chose
every font by name on every platform.  But that's what DUIM "device
fonts" are for...

• DUIM font question
• From: johncwhi@my-deja.com
• Re: DUIM font question
• From: "Scott McKay" <swm@mediaone.net>
• Re: DUIM font question
• From: "John Whittaker" <johncwhi@earthlink.net>

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