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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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