On Monday 17 August 2009 10:38:36 am Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 17 Aug 2009, Les Denham wrote: > > The attached is not a large font size, but it is a randomly chosen PDF > > generated from LyX, enlarged in Acrobat Reader to 2400%. > > > > Looks clean to me. > > > > I don't see any essential difference between an enlarge version of a > > small font, and a large font. In fact, I've generated posters very > > successfully by creating them page size, then plotting with a scale > > factor. >
All typographers and font designers routinely complain that "bigger font" <> scaled up font (and viceversa), because the typeface features must be manually adjusted to convey the same look in different sizes. However, I doubt that considerations of typographic beauty play a a large role when making a poster. S. > Thank you, Les. I've forwarded your message to the fellow who asked the > question. It seems to me that a PostScript font can be scaled to any > desired size since it's an outline rather than bit-mapped. > > Much appreciated, > > Rich ______________________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi Department of Philosophy Ph: (979) 862-2211 Texas A&M University Fax: (979) 845-0458 305B Bolton Hall fran...@philosophy.tamu.edu College Station, TX 77843-4237
