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Re: Metric and em size
Some folks at Microsoft believe that, for TrueType outlines at least, having the em square be a power of 2 (e.g. 1024, 2048, etc.) results in slightly better performance in scaling operations. Some f…3 -
Re: Adam Savage from Mythbusters on fonts.
Seems like he does not know about smart font technologies like OpenType layout features (or GX/AAT), and what they can do for script fonts.4 -
Re: What were the key changes made when we started designing typefaces for screens?
The printer font contained the outlines, and the spacing, but neither kerning nor menu name and style linking information. All that was in the (Mac) suitcase file which also contained the bitmaps or …2 -
Re: Hello
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 i…1 -
Re: Platform for Publishing Research Article
Also, it would be strange for a foundry or company to publish an article about somebody else’s view of some particular font production process. All of those companies have their own font production p…3
