“Font Formats” Moderated by Charles Bigelow
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Entry Number: 05
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- Font Formats
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Methods of font representation for typography on display screens and printers such as Metafont, PostScript and lkarus will be presented. Issues to be discussed include: the form of representation, transformation, data compaction, processing speed, software and hardware implementation, device independence, interchange standards, output legibility and aesthetics.