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Re: [ft-devel] new CFF engine
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [ft-devel] new CFF engine |
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Wed, 01 May 2013 20:23:58 +0200 (CEST) |
>> Its CFF so no
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> That's just plain lazy :)
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> surely there's some crossover with ttf?
Not really, since TrueType doesn't have the concept of `hints' at all.
ttfautohint emulates Type 1 hints to a certain extent, but those hints
are created by algorithm (i.e. by FreeType's auto-hinter), while real
CFF hints are usually crafted manually.
Werner