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Date:      Thu, 19 Apr 2001 12:03:49 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
Cc:        Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>, James Howard <howardjp@well.com>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, Joseph Mallett <jmallett@newgold.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: banner(6)
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20010419120132.0442a560@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <15071.4885.960509.549593@guru.mired.org>
References:  <4.3.2.7.2.20010419092019.04484770@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10104181512060.71134-100000@moo.sysabend.org> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0104180641460.517-100000@well.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20010419092019.04484770@localhost>

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At 10:32 AM 4/19/2001, Mike Meyer wrote:

>You are answering a question that I didn't ask you, and wasn't
>directed at you.

I'm responding to an incorrect assertion about something I said
(or, rather, didn't say).

>So the non-scalable bitmaps that uses to display characters should be
>called a "typeface"? Since they are also digital, wouldn't "digital
>typeface" also be correct?

Technically, these are fonts because they are already rendered. You
may find these included with a digital typeface, though only 
occasionally.

>You're not refuting what I said, you're quibbling about the
>terminology. 

I'm not "quibbling" about terminology. I'm describing the
correct use of the terms.

--Brett


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