Comment on Writing a TrueType font rendererparentComments−grishka2yProportional bitmap fonts in several fixed sizes. One place where they were used a lot that comes to mind is those phones from the 00s, but also many other embedded devices that have a screen with text-based menus.−Someone2yThat’s what the Mac used, too. For examples, see http://kare.com/apple-icons/Before TrueType (System 7, 1991), it was the only thing the OS supported out of the box.(Adobe Type Manager (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Type_Manager) is a bit older than 1991, but (obviously from its name) wasn’t an Apple product)
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Proportional bitmap fonts in several fixed sizes. One place where they were used a lot that comes to mind is those phones from the 00s, but also many other embedded devices that have a screen with text-based menus.
That’s what the Mac used, too. For examples, see http://kare.com/apple-icons/
Before TrueType (System 7, 1991), it was the only thing the OS supported out of the box.
(Adobe Type Manager (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Type_Manager) is a bit older than 1991, but (obviously from its name) wasn’t an Apple product)