Re: crossplatform TrueType diff. Look

[Joerg Pommnitz]

Well discussing xfstt is off-topic on freetype lists,
but AFAIK its TrueType interpreter is not in the same
league as the one in FreeType and the one in the
Microsoft and Apple TrueType engine.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Kilian Weniger <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 5:49 PM
Subject: crossplatform TrueType diff. Look


> Why does even the same TrueType-Font looks different 
> in Linux (with xfstt, default RH6.1) and Win98-2 (default Microsoft
> TT-Renderer)??
> 
> Is this because of the different screen resolution  (Win: 96dpi, Linux:
> 75dpi or 100dpi)?
> 
> gfontsel also shows different values for e.g. average width with
> verdana.ttf.
> 
> 
> Please help!
> 
> Kilian