Re: [ft-devel] TTFAutohint Without TT Point Numbers

[Adam Twardoch (Lists)]

Things like "point #gre356hlue3752hlye" or "point that is located at x=36.87% y=78.56% of the glyph bbox"

On Di., 12. Apr. 2016 at 07:41, Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:

> I've had situations where I relied on glyph names but I had those
> where I relied on glyph ids (numbers) and it was a superior choice.
> If I have 1239 glyphs in one font and 1239 glyphs in another,
> chances that the glyph IDs are consistent are actually high. I only
> need to check what's going on if one font has 1239 and the other
> 1242 glyphs.
>
> But with names, I have to check everything.
>
> I think the same is true for point numbers vs some other
> identification.  Relying on point numbers is actually not as bad as
> some might think. :)

Well, what could `some other identification' be?


    Werner