Re: [Fresco-devel] Re: Newbie confusion [Postcript/PDF]

I'm not entering the debate, just nitpicking on
this one. DisplayPDF (and stuff based on
Postscript like NeWS) didn't use Postscipt or PDF
to archive its resolution independance.

Notice the only one using DisplayPDF? Apple.
Right. WHat is their main market? The print
market. Having something that looks identical on
screen as it was on paper is a huge feature.
Heck, pre-OS X, classic Mac OS had a feature like
this, only not to the extend on Mac OS X.

Then we look at the most recent case of such
usage, Sun. Why did they use DisplayPDF? Their
deal with NeXT of course. :-) Using DisplayPDf to
achieve resolution independance is like using a
truck to go for a nice drive to Wal Mart to get
some groceries.

--- "M. Evans" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you Thomas, that does clear things up
> quite a bit.
> 
> I might suggest that Fresco add some of this
> Q&A to the FAQ pages (not
> verbatim, but edited; feel free to use my words
> as you see fit).
> 
> The only point I might discuss further is this
> notion of "outputting"
> to DisplayPDF.  I guess that is true, Fresco
> could do that.  However I
> was driving at another point altogether.  My
> curiosity was why Fresco
> re-invented resolution independent graphics
> given the existing choices
> (PDF, PS, others).  Maybe it had something to
> do with the legacy
> code bequeathed to Fresco from years past.  In
> that context, I
> wonder how Fresco's resolution-independent
> graphics system differs in
> capability from PS or PDF.
> 
> Anyway I like what I am hearing about the
> package.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
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