CompuServe Messages

At Altsys, we're fairly certain that different filling and stroking algorithms are used in Type 1. We believe that when a PS outline is rasterized, pixels which the path goes over are turned on only if more than half the pixel would be covered by the fill (in Type 1). Type 3 fonts have to use the regular PS filling routines, which turn on pixels under the outline no matter how little of the pixel is actually covered. This is probably why Type 3 fonts print significantly darker than Type 1 fonts. This is just conjecture, but we're not the only ones who hold this opinion~ — Pete