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Re: [Devel] Re: FIXED: viewing problems with CFF fonts
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [Devel] Re: FIXED: viewing problems with CFF fonts |
Date: |
Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:25:09 +0100 (CET) |
> > We've finally decided to give descenders below the baseline a
> > negative value in FreeType (uniformly for all formats supported).
> > Maybe non-intuitive for font experts, it is the `natural' way for
> > most programmers/mathematicians etc.
>
> I suppose; I'm not fond of taking an existing term and arbitrarily
> changing the meaning though. For those without any typographical
> background, the surprise factor is not great, but anyone who has
> drawn text with other systems is going to be mystified for quite a
> while.
Note that TrueType font format always use *negative* values for
descenders below the base line (in the `hhea' table)! So it is not an
ad-hoc decision.
Werner
- RE: [Devel] Problem with caching and CFF fonts [was: pure CFF fon ts and advanced widths], Blinn, Eric W, 2000/11/28
- [Devel] Re: Problem with caching and CFF fonts, Tom Kacvinsky, 2000/11/28
- [Devel] Re: Problem with caching and CFF fonts, Tom Kacvinsky, 2000/11/29
- [Devel] FIXED: viewing problems with CFF fonts, Tom Kacvinsky, 2000/11/29
- Re: [Devel] FIXED: viewing problems with CFF fonts, Keith Packard, 2000/11/29
- [Devel] Re: FIXED: viewing problems with CFF fonts, Tom Kacvinsky, 2000/11/29
- Re: [Devel] Re: FIXED: viewing problems with CFF fonts, Werner LEMBERG, 2000/11/30
- Re: [Devel] Re: FIXED: viewing problems with CFF fonts, Keith Packard, 2000/11/30
- Re: [Devel] Re: FIXED: viewing problems with CFF fonts,
Werner LEMBERG <=
- Re: [Devel] FIXED: viewing problems with CFF fonts, Werner LEMBERG, 2000/11/30
- [Devel] Re: FIXED: viewing problems with CFF fonts, Tom Kacvinsky, 2000/11/30