FastFonts 2.17

Short:        Faster output of topaz.8 and topaz.9
Author:       thor@einstein.math.tu-berlin.de
Uploader:     thor einstein math tu-berlin de
Type:         text/font
Version:      2.17
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

This tool speeds up the output of the topaz.8 and topaz.9 fonts, up to a 
factor of ten.

Usage:
	FastFonts	both		speedup both fonts
	FastFonts	topaz.8		topaz.8 only
	FastFonts	topaz.9		topaz.9 only
	FastFonts	remove		removes fastfonts

This file is actually a part of the ViNCEd distribution. See 
util/shell/ViNCEd.lha for the full archive.

Copy to SYS:System or C: and install it in the startup-sequence.

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Changes made for 2.17:

	- More system conformal locking of memory resources
	- Optimized some routines a bit

(none of these changes are serious, no bugs found, no bugs reported yet)

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In principle, FastFonts could be adapted to work with any font, but I
haven't done this since there's usually no need for a program like 
FastFonts, anyways. (-:


Thomas,
	December 1997