On Friday, December 15, 2000 6:09 PM, Alexander V. Voinov
[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> Hi
>
> Don Simons wrote:
> >
> > On further research, it appears that Type 3 scalable versions of
> > MusiXTeX fonts are available in the following directory:
>
> Please explain me: is Type 3 really scalable? Author confirmed that
> it
> really looks better than Type 1, but... with his distribution.
>
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/543e.htm contains the statement
"PostScript Type 3 fonts can be described as either
resolution-specific bitmaps or scalable outlines."
The mystery continues.
>Free beer for which you have to buy special glass...
True and current: The Subway franchise has an ongoing pomotion where
after you buy 8 sandwiches you get one "free" WITH THE PURCHASE OF A
GIGANTIC SOFT DRINK AT THE USUAL INFLATED PRICE. Big deal!
But with respect to this font question, it's still not clear what
investment is needed to get these fonts, since no one on the list has
yet reported trying to install them (after installing BaKoMa TeX).
And until someone does install them, we won't know for sure whether
they work any better than our old faithful bitmaps do in PDF files.
--Don Simons
