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FontFlasher - 1.0.1

Converts TrueType fonts into pixel fonts

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Current Version:	1.0.1
Release Date:	2003-11-08
License:	Commercial
Downloads (this version):	1,888
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Price:	$27.79

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Product Description:

MacroMedia Flash uses TrueType fonts, but smaller sizes of these fonts can look very fuzzy when viewed on a computer screen (see example at right). FontFlasher converts almost any format font into a "pixel" TrueType font which turns on only selected pixels. This gives fine text a much clearer, more legible onscreen appearance.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.1
Mac OS X 10.0

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X
FontLab 4.6 or AsiaFont Studio 4

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An incredible idea - Version: 1.0.1, 2/2/2004 02:51PM PST

Yannis--2008

Do you what they actually mean when they say "a `pixel' TrueType font"?
It's incredible: every pixel is drawn as a square. Your glyphs become a bunch of vectorized squares. Then you go into FontLab and you have a python macro which allows you to edit these squares as if they were pixels in a pixel font editor. And at last you can merge the unnecessary sides of squares and get a real outline... made of squares.
Now you know why nobody is able to anti-aliase these fonts: because their contours match EXACTLY the pixels. So there is nothing to anti-aliase.
An AMAZING idea...