Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-21 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 05:01:20PM -0500, Les Denham wrote: On Thursday 20 August 2009 02:38:08 pm José Matos wrote: On Thursday 20 August 2009 16:09:21 Steve Litt wrote: Unless of course you have a 64 bit computer. And the data type used is long. For most of the 64-bit linux the memory

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-21 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 05:01:20PM -0500, Les Denham wrote: On Thursday 20 August 2009 02:38:08 pm José Matos wrote: On Thursday 20 August 2009 16:09:21 Steve Litt wrote: Unless of course you have a 64 bit computer. And the data type used is long. For most of the 64-bit linux the memory

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-21 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 05:01:20PM -0500, Les Denham wrote: > On Thursday 20 August 2009 02:38:08 pm José Matos wrote: > > On Thursday 20 August 2009 16:09:21 Steve Litt wrote: > > > Unless of course you have a 64 bit computer. > > > > And the data type used is long. For most of the 64-bit linux

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-20 Thread Helge Hafting
Rich Shepard wrote: Someone local has developed his own solution for preparing and displaying slides during presentations. He uses a browser for the display and type size of 60pt-120pt. I mentioned that I use the Beamer class with whatever the default type size is and the results are

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-20 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009, Helge Hafting wrote: I tested 30pt once just for fun - it looked fine. I believe LaTeX is limited by 32-bit numbers, and fail on distances longer than about 6 meters. 120pt is below that. :-) Helge, Thank you. I passed on your helpful insight. Rich -- Richard B.

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-20 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 20 August 2009 10:00:01 Helge Hafting wrote: I tested 30pt once just for fun - it looked fine. I believe LaTeX is limited by 32-bit numbers, and fail on distances longer than about 6 meters Unless of course you have a 64 bit computer. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-20 Thread Les Denham
On Thursday 20 August 2009 10:09:21 am Steve Litt wrote: On Thursday 20 August 2009 10:00:01 Helge Hafting wrote: I tested 30pt once just for fun - it looked fine. I believe LaTeX is limited by 32-bit numbers, and fail on distances longer than about 6 meters Unless of course you have a

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-20 Thread José Matos
On Thursday 20 August 2009 16:09:21 Steve Litt wrote: Unless of course you have a 64 bit computer. And the data type used is long. For most of the 64-bit linux the memory layout is LP-64 that means that only long and pointer are 64 bits wide. In case anyone wonders wikipedia has an interesting

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-20 Thread Les Denham
On Thursday 20 August 2009 02:38:08 pm José Matos wrote: On Thursday 20 August 2009 16:09:21 Steve Litt wrote: Unless of course you have a 64 bit computer. And the data type used is long. For most of the 64-bit linux the memory layout is LP-64 that means that only long and pointer are 64

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-20 Thread Helge Hafting
Rich Shepard wrote: Someone local has developed his own solution for preparing and displaying slides during presentations. He uses a browser for the display and type size of 60pt-120pt. I mentioned that I use the Beamer class with whatever the default type size is and the results are

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-20 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009, Helge Hafting wrote: I tested 30pt once just for fun - it looked fine. I believe LaTeX is limited by 32-bit numbers, and fail on distances longer than about 6 meters. 120pt is below that. :-) Helge, Thank you. I passed on your helpful insight. Rich -- Richard B.

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-20 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 20 August 2009 10:00:01 Helge Hafting wrote: I tested 30pt once just for fun - it looked fine. I believe LaTeX is limited by 32-bit numbers, and fail on distances longer than about 6 meters Unless of course you have a 64 bit computer. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-20 Thread Les Denham
On Thursday 20 August 2009 10:09:21 am Steve Litt wrote: On Thursday 20 August 2009 10:00:01 Helge Hafting wrote: I tested 30pt once just for fun - it looked fine. I believe LaTeX is limited by 32-bit numbers, and fail on distances longer than about 6 meters Unless of course you have a

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-20 Thread José Matos
On Thursday 20 August 2009 16:09:21 Steve Litt wrote: Unless of course you have a 64 bit computer. And the data type used is long. For most of the 64-bit linux the memory layout is LP-64 that means that only long and pointer are 64 bits wide. In case anyone wonders wikipedia has an interesting

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-20 Thread Les Denham
On Thursday 20 August 2009 02:38:08 pm José Matos wrote: On Thursday 20 August 2009 16:09:21 Steve Litt wrote: Unless of course you have a 64 bit computer. And the data type used is long. For most of the 64-bit linux the memory layout is LP-64 that means that only long and pointer are 64

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-20 Thread Helge Hafting
Rich Shepard wrote: Someone local has developed his own solution for preparing and displaying slides during presentations. He uses a browser for the display and type size of 60pt-120pt. I mentioned that I use the Beamer class with whatever the default type size is and the results are

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-20 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009, Helge Hafting wrote: I tested 30pt once just for fun - it looked fine. I believe LaTeX is limited by 32-bit numbers, and fail on distances longer than about 6 meters. 120pt is below that. :-) Helge, Thank you. I passed on your helpful insight. Rich -- Richard B.

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-20 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 20 August 2009 10:00:01 Helge Hafting wrote: > I tested 30pt once just for fun - it looked fine. > > I believe LaTeX is limited by 32-bit numbers, and fail on distances > longer than about 6 meters Unless of course you have a 64 bit computer. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-20 Thread Les Denham
On Thursday 20 August 2009 10:09:21 am Steve Litt wrote: > On Thursday 20 August 2009 10:00:01 Helge Hafting wrote: > > I tested 30pt once just for fun - it looked fine. > > > > I believe LaTeX is limited by 32-bit numbers, and fail on distances > > longer than about 6 meters > > Unless of course

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-20 Thread José Matos
On Thursday 20 August 2009 16:09:21 Steve Litt wrote: > Unless of course you have a 64 bit computer. And the data type used is long. For most of the 64-bit linux the memory layout is LP-64 that means that only long and pointer are 64 bits wide. In case anyone wonders wikipedia has an

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-20 Thread Les Denham
On Thursday 20 August 2009 02:38:08 pm José Matos wrote: > On Thursday 20 August 2009 16:09:21 Steve Litt wrote: > > Unless of course you have a 64 bit computer. > > And the data type used is long. For most of the 64-bit linux the memory > layout is LP-64 that means that only long and pointer are

Maximum Font Size

2009-08-17 Thread Rich Shepard
Someone local has developed his own solution for preparing and displaying slides during presentations. He uses a browser for the display and type size of 60pt-120pt. I mentioned that I use the Beamer class with whatever the default type size is and the results are readable in all room sizes in

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-17 Thread Les Denham
On Monday 17 August 2009, Rich Shepard wrote:  But, he asked if LaTeX (or TeX itself) can scale type to 60-120pt and have it look as smooth as smaller sizes. I've never done this, nor am I sure just how to go about testing whether it can be done, so I'm asking here. I have a vague recollection

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-17 Thread Rich Shepard
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

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-17 Thread Stefano Franchi
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

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-17 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009, Stefano Franchi wrote: 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

Maximum Font Size

2009-08-17 Thread Rich Shepard
Someone local has developed his own solution for preparing and displaying slides during presentations. He uses a browser for the display and type size of 60pt-120pt. I mentioned that I use the Beamer class with whatever the default type size is and the results are readable in all room sizes in

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-17 Thread Les Denham
On Monday 17 August 2009, Rich Shepard wrote:  But, he asked if LaTeX (or TeX itself) can scale type to 60-120pt and have it look as smooth as smaller sizes. I've never done this, nor am I sure just how to go about testing whether it can be done, so I'm asking here. I have a vague recollection

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-17 Thread Rich Shepard
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

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-17 Thread Stefano Franchi
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

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-17 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009, Stefano Franchi wrote: 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

Maximum Font Size

2009-08-17 Thread Rich Shepard
Someone local has developed his own solution for preparing and displaying slides during presentations. He uses a browser for the display and type size of 60pt-120pt. I mentioned that I use the Beamer class with whatever the default type size is and the results are readable in all room sizes in

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-17 Thread Les Denham
On Monday 17 August 2009, Rich Shepard wrote: >  But, he asked if LaTeX (or TeX itself) can scale type to 60-120pt and have > it look as smooth as smaller sizes. I've never done this, nor am I sure > just how to go about testing whether it can be done, so I'm asking here. I > have a vague

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-17 Thread Rich Shepard
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

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-17 Thread Stefano Franchi
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

Re: Maximum Font Size

2009-08-17 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009, Stefano Franchi wrote: 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