Apple Duo 270C manual Working with fonts, Outline fonts and bitmap fonts

Working with fonts

A font is a collection of letters, numbers, and symbols in a distinctive typographic design.

Several fonts come with your computer’s system software. They are stored in the Fonts folder (inside the System Folder on your startup disk). You can install additional fonts and remove fonts.

Additional fonts are supplied on one of the system software disks. Fonts are also available from independent manufacturers, user groups, and electronic bulletin board services.

Outline fonts and bitmap fonts

The PowerBook uses two types of fonts:

noutline fonts

nbitmap fonts

Both types of fonts are installed in your System file when you install system software.

Outline fonts (also called scalable or variable-size fonts) can appear at any size, because each character is described as a mathematical formula that adjusts according to the size you want.

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Your computer needs only a single outline font in a particular typeface (such as Courier) to display or print that typeface in any size. The outline fonts supplied with Macintosh system software are called TrueType fonts.

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