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   piesse to All   
   Re: about fonts   
   24 May 11 22:17:49   
   
   Gecko/20101207 Thunderbird/3.1.7   
   From: piesse    
      
   On 23/05/2011 12.54, Alex Taylor wrote:   
   >   
   > Either one should work.  Probably the only difference between the   
   > Linux and Windows versions is the PostScript metrics files included   
   > with each (AFM or PFM), but I think OS/2 can handle either format.   
   >   
      
   thanks, this is useful information   
      
   piersante   
      
   > If you meant, which of TTF or PostScript you should install, that's   
   > entirely up to you.  OS/2 supports both just fine.   
   >   
   > If you're printing to a PostScript printer, you can get higher-quality   
   > printed text from PostScript (PFB) fonts.  OTOH, TrueType fonts have   
   > some advantages if you need to display text from many different   
   > languages/alphabets, as they can contain Unicode cmaps and have room   
   > to support greater numbers of characters.   
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