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Re: Obtaining large fonts in XyWrite for Windows under Windows 95

Reply to note from "N. Sivin"  Sat, 28 Feb
1998 09:29:10 -0500

-> ... Since various dodges others have used to get a less
-> eccentric draft font have not worked for me, I find myself
-> increasingly drafting in graphics mode. On a computer that is
-> not the latest but not obsolete, there is no noticeable
-> slowdown.

Tests that Robert & I performed way back when showed that, other
things being equal, XyWin works fastest in graphics mode, whereas
Xy4 is at its speediest in eXPanded mode. Whether that is a
function of the Windows environment or of an effort on TTG's part to
optimize XyWin for graphics mode, I don't know.

If you'd like to run a comparison on your own machine, download
TLOOPS.ZIP from XyWWWeb.

Regards.

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Carl Distefano
CLDistefano@xxxxxxxx
http://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/