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@Article{Hussain:EPODD-6-3-171,
  author =       "Fiaz Hussain and Michael L. V. Pitteway",
  title =        "Rasterizing the outlines of fonts",
  journal =      j-EPODD,
  volume =       "6",
  number =       "3",
  pages =        "171--181",
  month =        sep,
  year =         "1993",
  CODEN =        "EPODEU",
  ISSN =         "0894-3982",
  bibdate =      "Thu Jun 2 10:04:26 1994",
  bibsource =    "http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/epodd.bib",
  abstract =     "Two mathematical descriptions of outlines which have
                 found acceptability and widespread usage are the
                 B{\'e}zier cubic and the general conic forms (which
                 include the distinctive parabolic format). Though there
                 are good reasons for employing just the general conic,
                 PostScript characterises fonts in terms of splines
                 based on four-point B{\'e}zier cubics. In order to
                 improve the efficiency with which these PostScript
                 fonts can be rendered, the equation of the B{\'e}zier
                 cubic is here reduced to the non-parametric form
                 required to exploit an efficient cubic tracking
                 algorithm first presented in 1968. Although successful
                 in most cases, the occasional breakdowns are both
                 spectacular and disastrous. The cause of the problem is
                 analysed, and possible solutions suggested.",
  keywords =     "Algorithm, B\'ezier, Conic, Fonts, Rasterize, Spline",
}

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