outline font
DIGITAL DESCRIPTION OF A TYPOGRAPHICAL FONT
Bitmap font; Vector fonts; Vector font; Raster font; Digital font; Bit-Mapped Font; Bitmapped font; Pixel font; Scalable font; Bitmap fonts; Digital typeface; .fon; Outline typeface; Computer fonts; Font file; Stroke font; Virtual typeface; Screen font; Stroke-based font; Digital fonts; Raster fonts; Outline font; Computer typeface
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text> (Or "vector
font") A
font defined as a set of lines
and curves as opposed to a
bitmap font. An outline
font
(e.g.
PostScript,
TrueType,
RISC OS) can be scaled to any
size and otherwise transformed more easily than a bitmap
font,
and with more attractive results, though this requires a lot
of numerical processing. The result of transforming a
character in an outline
font in a particular way is often
saved as a bitmap in a
font cache to avoid repeating the
calculations if that character is to be drawn again.
(1995-03-16)