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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: SVG fonts: a subsystem in KDE and a font_creator app
From:       Warren Turkal <wturkal () cbu ! edu>
Date:       2001-10-19 19:52:46
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A font creator for KDE like pfaedit would be nice.  Pfaedit is not KDE
and lacks decent help.
Warren

On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 02:27:43PM +0000, Vadim Plessky wrote:
> On Friday 19 October 2001 00:08, Daniele Medri wrote:
> |   Hi,
> |   now that SVG is a more (stable) standard for vector graphics.. i'm asking
> | if is possible create a system to handle SVG fonts in KDE? Another
> | proposition could be an app to create font in this format. I'm not a
> | programmer nor a power user that work a lot with Unices and Computer
> | Graphics.
> |
> |   I think that this features could help a lot font-creators, especially in
> |   Unices systems where there 'nt free/open applications to do this. A
> |   possibility could be the exportation to type1 or ttf file format from the
> |   original/generated SVG file.
> 
> the most valuable part of PS Type1 and TrueType is *hinting*, not outlines.
> Hints from T1 and TTF are not inter-changable, they have quite different 
> ideology.
> So, exporting of outline from SVG to T1 or TTF outline require hinting 
> (unless you don't want to use this font on display)
> AFAIK SVG has no native hinting.
> 
> So, the thing you are asking for is rather exotic and artificial.
> I wonder why you ever wanted to have somethig like this.
> |
> |   A dream?
> 
> Look like a dream ;-)
> |
> |   Bye
> 
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> 
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