Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!quintus!pds 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 References: <5053@netnews.upenn.edu><141@dms3b1.UUCP> Sender: news@quintus.UUCP Reply-To: pds@quintus.UUCP (Peter Schachte) Organization: Quintus Computer Systems, Inc. Lines: 21 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 ..!sun!quintus!pds