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From: pds@quintus.uucp (Peter Schachte)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Structured Graphics Standard
Keywords: Quickdraw MacDraw
Message-ID: <471@quintus.UUCP>
Date: 23 Sep 88 20:19:39 GMT
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In article <141@dms3b1.UUCP> dave@dms3b1.UUCP (Dave Hanna) writes:
>Okay, I've said this before, but it's embarrassing to have what we all
>consider to be the world's greatest computer, but have to look to a Mac
>if we want to do some documentation that's got some simple graphics in it.
>...
>Took one of my hand-drawn documents up to the dealer and played with
>two or three paint packages, which was the best they could recommend.
>It took me about 45 minutes to manipulate the drawing (which had about
>5 bubbles and some label text) to the point where it was anywhere
>near presentable.  At that, it wasn't high enough resolution. )
                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^
You said the magic woid!  If someone DOES come up with a structured
graphics standard for the Amiga, it had better be resolution-
independant.  This is really hard if you include text (which is
necessary), since the Amiga doesn't come with any fonts in a very wide
variety of sizes.  Once that problem is solved, an IFF form for
structured graphics shouldn't be very hard.

-Peter Schachte
pds@quintus.uucp
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