Subject: More about bitmap fonts

From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 90 23:26:50 PST

I think it is a good idea to get some kind of concensus on the advantages
and drawbacks of both bitmap and analytic fonts.  As what I have pointed
out in my earlier postings, analytic fonts are probably the choice for the
future when font generation hardware and technology are more mature and much
cheaper.  For the mean time however, bitmap font is probably the easiest way
to be implemented in laser printer economically.  In order to generate bitmap
Chinese fonts of various sizes and styles, all we need is a scanner and a
complete set of typesetted Chinese fonts (e.g. from newspaper or publishing
house).  By making use of the hardware capability of the scanner, it should
be quite straight forward to scan in the bitmap images.  With some patience
and may be some touch up, Chinese bitmap fonts can be generated very
inexpensively.

Kwok Lai