Re: FT2 design question

[Monster]

Hello,

> Not to make the FontWorks stuff look too trivial (it certainly isn't), but
> a "stroke-based" CJK font format isn't something especially new. Actually,
> I know that DynaLabs have created such a format (as well as a special chip
> to render the fonts !) several years ago. Bitstream just announced its
> "stroke-based" format lately, and we already know about the John Hobby
> paper which covers a similar technique.

> So, we now have about four different implementations. Hope nobody tried
> to patent the whole idea ;-)

        As far as I know, DynaLab seems to have patented the idea, and seems
        to be accusing some other company in Taiwan for using this idea in
their
        fonts.

Regards
Kuo-Chun Su
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