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Subject: Re: [Freetype] Help with font improvement
From: Juliusz Chroboczek <jch () pps ! jussieu ! fr>
Date: 2002-12-18 20:11:28
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VP> TrueType fonts are nightmare, and they Should Die, IMHO.
I don't wish to polemize on this point.
I'd like to point out, though, that OpenType/CFF fonts (``OTF'')
contain Type 1 outlines[1] in a sfnt wrapper. Thus, all hinting
techniques applicable to Type 1 apply to them, but they also have all
the advantages of the sfnt wrapper:
- single file for both outlines and metrics (no AFM files);
- efficient random access (no need to read the whole thing into
memory) even for very large fonts;
- possibility to include OpenType Layout tables;
- possibility to included embedded bitmaps (sbits).
They are fully supported by FreeType 2, and therefore XFree86 CVS (and
therefore XFree86 4.3 [3], unless something goes wrong), and I would
tend to recommend them for free font projects[2].
Juliusz
[1] Type 2, actually, but that's irrelevant for the discussion at
hand.
[2] And what for people whose hardware still isn't supported by
XFree86 4? Simply use the font server and the Xft library from
XFree86 4.3.
[3] I'm in a footnote mood tonight. As far as I can tell, XFree86 4.3
is basically feature-complete; this is the right time to test CVS
if you've got the time and inclination.
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