Re: [Devel] 'tension' in splines, Hermite Splines [Re: Rendering (by FreeType) and hinting of Latin small 'a']

[George Williams]

At 10:23 AM 9/12/2002 +0400, Vadim Plessky wrote:
> And there are accuracy/rounding problem in TT->PS conversion, anyway.
Any 2nd order bezier curve (TTF curve) can be expressed exactly as a 3rd 
order bezier curve. However since control points need to be integral there 
will probably be some slight inaccuracy.

> Problem is that TrueType outlines have *too many* points, and this 
> *decreases* font quality in most cases.
Ikarus curves have far more files than truetype curves. I don't know if 
that is a feature of hermite curves, or of Karov's stated desire to be 
independent of the interpolation method between points.