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pbocan
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Hi, I am Peter based in London, UK. I am a software engineer by trade and I am interested in the basics of typesetting and font rendering. I have read that font rendering is actually pretty hard.
I have never done anything with the fonts specifically. So I will be very thankful for any beginner-friendly resources you could point me to, whether they are courses, books, or articles.
I have never done anything with the fonts specifically. So I will be very thankful for any beginner-friendly resources you could point me to, whether they are courses, books, or articles.
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Welcome Peter,
In case you haven't seen it yet, here is the well-known classic on font rendering, which is a good starting point:
http://rastertragedy.com/index.htm
Others may suggest more advanced material.0 -
Hi Igor, thank you for the resource, I will have a read0
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Note that rendering glyphs is just one small part of the pipeline of going from Unicode text to glyphs. Glyphs have to be positioned (involving kerning and perhaps justification). But the big thing is, there is “shaping,” which is a relatively simple thing for English, but can be mind-boggling for some languages.
See for example: https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/shaping for a super simple intro.
For a deeper level, try: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/develop/processing-part1
(both dated and Windows-centered, but still a fabulous intro in many ways)1 -
Thank you, Thomas!
Are there any resources that are more up-to-date? 20 years is quite a long time ago. Although saying that TeX is even older than that.0 -
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Hi Simon, will have a read, thank you!-1
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