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Re: [ft] Spacing/Kerning wrong on an OpenType (otf) font
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George Williams |
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Re: [ft] Spacing/Kerning wrong on an OpenType (otf) font |
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24 Apr 2006 17:49:51 -0700 |
On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 17:21, Brian Gardner wrote:
> I'm trying to render an OpenType font we have purchased, "Helvetica Neue
> LT Pro 77 Bold Condensed", and the spacing isn't coming out right. If
> you look at the spacing between the T and o in Tour it almost looks like
> Freetype is not performing any kerning. I was hoping somebody could
> point me in the right direction.
That's right. FreeType doesn't do kerning.
Kerning happens in the layer above freetype. Pango or some such.