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Re: [wpmac] Mac WP coordinate system (was: Re: A1 paper size?)

On Jul 5, 2009, at 6:06 AM, Kevin McCoy wrote:

> On Jul 4, 2009, at 9:43 PM, John Kaufmann wrote:
>
>> it would be interesting to see a discussion of why the apparent
>> relative coarseness of MacOS/Quickdraw (72dpi vs 1200 dpi) works so
>> well.
>> Are Postscript and Truetype fonts part of the answer?
>
> It is because Mac WP uses a 32 bit fixed point number instead of a 16
> bit integer number. Effectively giving it a resolution of about
> 720,000 dpi.
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-point_arithmetic>

And Postscript does help. Since it uses a floating point coordinate
space, which is easily converted to from the fixed point space.
Sun Jul 5, 2009 12:09 pm

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Does anyone know if it's possible to print out to A1 size from Sheepshaver?... 		iainmeek
Offline Send Email 		Jul 3, 2009
6:29 pm

... Are you asking whether you can print an A1-size page from WordPerfect for the Mac, running under Sheepshaver? If so, the answer is No. If you're asking...
Edward Mendelson
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9:42 pm

... Interesting. If the printing device can handle A1, where is the limitation? WP/Mac (I believe other WP versions have no such limit) or Sheepshaver? - and...
John Kaufmann
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3:59 am

... All versions of WordPerfect (including the current Windows versions) have a page size limit of 27.3 inches. As Roy Lewis explained in a recent post on a...
Edward Mendelson
em315
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4:48 am

... Actually, Mac WP uses the Quickdraw coordinate system (72 dpi), not the WP Windows system (1200 dpi). It is therefore, theoretically, possible to print to...
Kevin McCoy
timphikers
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5:51 am

... You're right, and I was completely wrong. Fascinating! Thanks for that - I'd never guessed that the Mac version used a different system of measurements. ...
Edward Mendelson
em315
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1:45 pm

... Nor would I; it would be interesting to see a discussion of why the apparent relative coarseness of MacOS/Quickdraw (72dpi vs 1200 dpi) works so well. Are...
John Kaufmann
j0kaufmann
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3:44 am

... It is because Mac WP uses a 32 bit fixed point number instead of a 16 bit integer number. Effectively giving it a resolution of about 720,000 dpi. ...
Kevin McCoy
timphikers
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12:06 pm

... And Postscript does help. Since it uses a floating point coordinate space, which is easily converted to from the fixed point space....
Kevin McCoy
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12:09 pm

... I've now updated my BasiliskII-WPMac setup to include a "Plotter-sized" virtual printer driver that can create PDF files in A1 or any other conceivable...
Edward Mendelson
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