TrueType based TextStyle
Alan Kay
Alan.Kay at squeakland.org
Fri Nov 29 20:06:52 UTC 2002
Thanks Yoshiki!
Cheers,
Alan
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At 7:31 AM -0800 11/29/02, Yoshiki.Ohshima at acm.org wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm guessing there is something similar to this, but this is a
>change set that allows you to use TrueType based glyphs as a font for
>a normal TextStyle. You don't have to install any additional plugins,
>and the "default" glyph (MS Sans Comic) in the vanilla 3.2 image can
>be used once you file this in.
>
> One glitch is that when you rotate the TextMorph with a TT style, it
>loses the nice Anti-Aliased edge. I think it must be a matter of
>selecting right combination rule, but not quite sure which one and
>where is the place to fix.
>
> The following is the comment from the preamble.
>
> Enjoy,
>
>-- Yoshiki
>
>"Change Set: TrueTypeTextStyle
>Date: 29 November 2002
>Author: Yoshiki Ohshima
>
>This change set will allow you to use TrueType based outline glyphs
>as a TextStyle. Once you load this change set, you will see
>'ComicSansMS' style in the 'Change font' halo menu. You can add new
>styles by calling TTCFont>>newTextStyleFromTTFile:. I don't know
>where those TT fonts are located on Mac, but it should work if you
>specify the correct path. You definitely will want to try
>symbol.ttf:-)
>
> This change set was first written for the multilingualized Squeak
>and .TTC (TrueType Collection) file. The name of the class and the
>category name are reminiscent of it."
>
>Content-Type: application/octet-stream; type=gzip
>Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="TrueTypeTextStyle.cs.gz"
>
>Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:TrueTypeTextStyle.cs.gz
>(????/----) (000820B6)
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