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maire on Feb 20, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: 500 Byte Images: The Haiku Vector Icon Format (201...

While you are correct about Adobe Type 1 fonts, you are incorrect on display fonts. Apple System 7 had vector display fonts. There were issues on windows which is why Microsoft (and likely Adobe) improved TrueType. Adobe later responded with Adobe Font Manager which is likely what you are referencing.

Jasper_ on Feb 20, 2020 [–]

Oops, I meant to say that TrueType was designed by MS/Apple to avoid Adobe's patents, not "MS/Adobe". Fixed the typo; thanks for the correction!

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