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Re: 560 vs. 701




> > fonts. The true type fonts are simply terrible at small sizes, and the
> > number of bit-mapped fonts is disappointing, e.g. there is no 10 x 6

> I've noticed this problem too.  I can work for hours with the 8x6
> fonts I use with Linux and X, but I get eyestrain after a couple
> hours of the 10xsomething font I have for Win95.  Does anyone know of
> some good small bitmapped fonts?  Does Adobe Type Manager do any

Compugraphic fonts and some types of postscript (I think) have "hinting"
which are rules in the character descriptions of how to render the font
in small sizes when the ideal thickness or placement of a line puts it
off the pixel grid. 

-Don Perley