Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.925A101C@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:44:08 +0100 Return-Path: <@vm.gmd.de:LATEX-L@DHDURZ1.BITNET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.925A101C" x-vm-v5-data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil][nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil]) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Stop war Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1992 21:22:49 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "Frank Mittelbach" Sender: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" To: "Rainer M. Schoepf" Reply-To: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 506 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.925A101C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Mind you, all this stuff about CMR fonts is all dead end. Surely the > politically corrtect future is rasterizing being done by the printer, > as PS does (even if Ps is not perfect)? I dont think LaTeX3Project > should waste its precious resources sorting out issues which are > fundamental TeX problems. Sebastian is right that we shouln't waste time on battling over CMR viz PS etc. But rastering on the fly is only one possible method and important applications can't use it for various reasons. In my company for example we have huge amount of output on cheap high speed laser (about 90-150 page per minute). To allow high quality printing on such devices current technology needs downloaded bitmap fonts. So put down the weapons, we have to support both worlds at least for the near future. This, by the way, also accounts for the desire to have for certain application substitution available. Of course when producing a book, etc. substitution of a neareby size is no solution, but when I want to see the contents of some data base extract I may well accept a slight substitution when the output device at my place can't handle the request \fontsize{33.79pt}. Frank ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.925A101C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Stop war

> Mind you, all this stuff about CMR fonts is all = dead end. Surely the
> politically corrtect future is rasterizing being = done by the printer,
> as PS does (even if Ps is not perfect)? I dont = think LaTeX3Project
> should waste its precious resources sorting out = issues which are
> fundamental TeX problems.

Sebastian is right that we shouln't waste time on = battling over CMR
viz PS etc. But rastering on the fly is only one = possible method and
important applications can't use it for various = reasons. In my company
for example we have huge amount of output on cheap = high speed laser
(about 90-150 page per minute). To allow high quality = printing on such
devices current technology needs downloaded bitmap = fonts. So put down
the weapons, we have to support both worlds at least = for the near
future.

This, by the way, also accounts for the desire to have = for certain
application substitution available. Of course when = producing a book,
etc. substitution of a neareby size is no solution, = but when I want to
see the contents of some data base extract I may well = accept a slight
substitution when the output device at my place can't = handle the
request \fontsize{33.79pt}.

Frank

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