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   Stephen Edwards to Edmund   
   Re: Font Demo   
   21 Dec 05 11:31:02   
   
   From: wookie@deathstar.net   
      
   Edmund wrote:   
   > In message <43a5ec00$1_5@newsfeed.slurp.net>, Stephen Edwards wrote:   
   >   
   >>Edmund wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>In Font Demo I can outline all fonts.   
   >>>Now I wanna use such a font in Gobe or whatever.   
   >>>Is that possible or is Font Demo just a tool to   
   >>>show me what I cannot use in any way?   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>Thanks   
   >>   
   >>You cannot use the Font Demo to create new fonts or   
   >>new attributes for fonts, if that's what you're asking.   
   >   
   >   
   > Well in M$ windows word there is the same option   
   > outline as in BeOS font demo.   
   > But in word one can use these outlined fonts.   
   > I wonder what the use of font demo is, if we cannot   
   > use this option.   
   > I really think it is better to delete font demo then.   
      
   The font demo exists simply to show how quickly the BeOS   
   can manipulate tt font data... in realtime no less.   
      
   Hence the name, font "demo". :-)   
      
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