disclaimer - it's an article written by the guy who accused me of piracy, so my views may be biased :P
Isn't it a compliment coming from a Swede? :)
For sure though, ttfautohint cannot better well executed manual hinting for fonts being rendered on windows GDI OS's. Would be more informational to see GDI grayscale and Directwrite comparisons too, because i think it would prove that quality manual hinting brings a bonus with GDI, but is non essential for the newer MS engines.
Agreed. I was testing Arabic webfonts on XP the other day and it was so pathetic. It's just, you can't get good rendering. Period.
The x-height issue should definitely be addressed though. And the file size thing is one of the first things I keep hearing about ttfautohint. I'm yet to checkout the code though.
behdad
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