fixed point vs fixed decimal

[Robin Becker]

In article <v1k1tts6o9ta1e at news.supernews.com>, John Roth
<johnroth at ameritech.net> writes
......
>
>I don't think I've ever seen **conceptual** fixed point binary.
>**Implementation**
>fixed point binary, yes, but then it was conceptually decimal.
>
>John Roth
..... I believe Adobe's internal representation is a binary fixed point
scheme. I think it is based on a 32bit int with 16 bits as the fraction.

I believe that the FreeType font package also uses the same
representation.
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Robin Becker