On 15-Jul-00, Carlos A. Tirado wrote:
> Actually it was more Apple than Microsoft, which resented the
> licensing fees that Adobe was charging and their tight control over
> the Type1 font standard. The fact is that first TrueType font
> rasterizer was made by Apple (it ran on an Mac SE if I recall
> correctly). Its just that Microsoft kind of took the standard and ran
> with it so most people believe it is a Microsoft thing.
I was at a publishing/graphic arts conference at the time it was
announced, and my recollection is that it was a joint effort from Apple
and MS, but an MS guy gave a talk introducing the new format.
The audience was very hostile to the introduction of an unnecessary and
incompatible new format.
OTOH it pressured Adobe into releasing the algorithm for the encryption
that is built into Type 1.
>> Type 1 is still the standard for printing and graphics.
>
> Still true to this day. But we're in luck. The latest release of
> FreeType includes support for both TrueType and Type 1 fonts. So now
> we can use both without having to rely on the Type1.library, which
> relies on the post.library etc... I hope that the ttf author will
> include it in the next ttf.library (maybe the library will have to be
> renamed then :)
Let's hope the same guy will port it.
Regards
--
Don Cox
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