Re: [Devel] font look

[Werner LEMBERG]

> > Note that kerning via GPOS isn't supported
> 
> ?? I do not understand.

Modern OpenType fonts usually don't have a `kern' table but uses the
`GPOS' table to implement kerning, allowing e.g. horizontal and
vertical movement simultaneously, depending on the context.

> Anyway, turning kerning on and off does not help.
> The results look the same when I'm in 75 dpi.

Kerning doesn't influence the resolution.

> I just saw on slashdot someone who wrote that X11 was aimed at 75
> dpi display, I don't know what it means, but can it explain the
> problem?

The default resolution of X is 75x75 dpi (you can use the `xdpyinfo'
command to get the exact values), but it can be adjusted using the
`-dpi' switch while starting the X server.

> Turning on and off hinting seems to shrink the length of the string,
> and gives almost the result of the svg picture.  Maybe I should use
> non-hinted xadvance and hinted pixmap, it it has sense.

I can't help here since I don't know anything about SVG -- you should
wait until David is online again (he has already written a SVG
rendering engine)...


   Werner