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Type 2 16.16 fixed numbers
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Tom Kacvinsky |
Subject: |
Type 2 16.16 fixed numbers |
Date: |
Wed, 5 Jul 2000 16:35:27 -0400 (EDT) |
Just an update on the 16.16 fixed number stuff in t2gload.
If I am not mistaken, the reason why Adobe hijacked the 5 byte
encoding to get a 16.16 fixed number is that now one can get a
fractional number without having to resort to div (as one has to do
within a Type 1 font).
So, shifting right 16 in add_point is probably a bad thing to do, as
it clobbers the fractional part (David's argument about .05%
difference not withstanding). Then again, not shifting is also
probably a bad thing to do, because of the format the rasterizer
expects the numbers to be in.
Oh well...
Tom
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