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Re: Quality of webfonts, esp. on Windows
Yes, that functionality was added a bit later, in response to complaints about the loss of x-direction deltas in the first release of ClearType. Initially, it didn’t seem to work reliably.1 -
Re: W3C Incremental Font Transfer (IFT) is now a candidate recommendation
If you mean obscuring them on the server side, possibly, although the first served subset contains the patch table with all the information necessary to grab the other parts.2 -
Re: Create metric-equivalent font
Metrical equivalence is a technical workaround to text reflow in font fallback situations. Some of those font fallback situations have to do with licensing, i.e. to the unavailability in a particular…6 -
Re: Quality of webfonts, esp. on Windows
Generally, no. Microsoft has a large collection of legacy fonts, including some that were intensively hinted for low-res pixel displays and printers. As rendering models and technologies change, MS i…2 -
Re: Seeking newby advice for setting up kerning classes
Firstly, note that that the concept of key glyphs in classes—what I think you mean by ‘master characters’—is specific to FontLab Studio 5, and does not occur in other tools, including newer versions …3
