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Date:	Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:57:16 PST8
From:	ggranat@earthlink.net
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Font Selection (was: OS2.INI PM_Font_Drivers ?)

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In <41A35DDB.3A23@peterskye.com>, on 11/23/2004
at 07:57 AM, Peter Skye said:

>Mark Abramowitz wrote:
>>
>> There's a third option. The dropdown may give you a limited choice (though
>> I don't know why), but you can put another number in there by hand.

>I tried that originally but it didn't work. Hmm. Maybe you can manually
>enter point sizes for outline fonts but not for bitmap fonts (which only
>have one point size)?

More properly, "...one or a limited number of point sizes". System
Proportional has a limited range of point sizes (from 8 to 24, I think).
System Monospace has one point size (10 point) and Warp Sans has one point
size (9 point).

>So I just tested again. Some fonts don't allow manual point size entry.
>Others do. And it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the file
>extension because some of the .FON fonts allow this and some don't.

There is a lot of information coded into the outline font files. I suspect
that some of this relates to what the font rendering engine is allowed to do
with regard to the size of the font to be presented. I do know from
experience that some outline type faces are more versatile than others.

>- Peter

-- gary
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Gary Granat
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