Using Paintbrush's Fonts Tool with Windows 3.1

• Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

Microsoft Windows Paintbrush prints jagged fonts even when using TrueType fonts. This problem also occurs in Windows version 3.0.

The printing of jagged fonts in Paintbrush occurs because a raster (or bitmap image) processor is converting the fonts to a bitmap at screen resolution.

MORE INFORMATION

When using the Text (ABC) tool in Paintbrush, all letters that you type are converted to a bitmap at screen resolution. This is done mainly so that all drawing tools, including the Text tool, produce exactly the same type of image for Paintbrush to work with (a bitmap); therefore, Paintbrush does not have to worry about bitmap planes and text planes.

The bitmap conversion is done so that after you type text in the image, Paintbrush can manipulate it like all other parts of the image. The disadvantage of bitmap conversion is that text cannot have a greater resolution than the screen resolution even when printed on a high resolution printer.

Paintbrush is a low-end painting application. To achieve high-quality text and graphics, you can buy a third-party drawing application similar to the Microsoft Draw application that ships with Microsoft Word for Windows version 2.0.