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Re: How Glyph Level PS Hints actually work?
One of the best introductions to the PS hinting model is still the old Adobe Type 1 Font Format specification, since it was imported pretty much unchanged into CFF OpenType. Also, even though you…1 -
Re: How Glyph Level PS Hints actually work?
Glyph level hints perform a number of functions. They attach features to alignment zones (which is why you need the ghost hints), and they affect the thickness of strokes. So in the case of your H, t…2 -
Re: How Glyph Level PS Hints actually work?
Some of the hints in your illustration are wrong. You should have a positive ghost hint at the baseline, i.e. starting at the bottom of the stem and ascending vertically 21 units (standard for bottom…3 -
Re: Uneven lowercase at low resolution
FontLab VI uses a higher level interface for setting alignment zones, which is shared by PS/CFF and TTF hinting models. When compiled to a PS/CFF font, the baseline alignment zone should get written …2 -
Re: Punctuation dilemma
I'm going to be the sole contrary voice, I guess. I think diamond-shaped punctuation dots always make a typeface look deliberately old-fashioned, like something that is trying to seem archaic. Y…8
