The thing is, w/ Mac OS X, rather than "Display PostScript" (which was what was originally promised/intended) we ultimately got "Display PDF" (Quartz) which is

The thing is, w/ Mac OS X, rather than "Display PostScript" (which was what was originally promised/intended) we ultimately got "Display PDF" (Quartz) which is an improvement in pretty much every metric which matters in the marketplace --- pretty much the only thing which was lost was nxhosting (which I still really miss). For a hint at the backstory on this sort of thing see: https://www.folklore.org/Origins_of_Spline-Based_and_Anti-Aliased_Fonts.html https://www.folklore.org/Origins_of_Spline-Based_and_Anti-Al... and for the details look up Mike Paquette's posts on usenet's comp.sys.next.advocacy and similar groups.