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Re: [ft-devel] Status of TT_CONFIG_OPTION_UNPATENTED_HINTING


From: James Cloos
Subject: Re: [ft-devel] Status of TT_CONFIG_OPTION_UNPATENTED_HINTING
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:56:21 -0400
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>>>>> "Steven" == Steven Johnson <address@hidden> writes:

Steven> Is there any definitive list out there of the fonts known to
Steven> have these issues? (I see that MingLiU and KaiU are
Steven> specifically named in the archives).

It is likely that every such font will be for East Asian scripts.

The idea is to reduce the size of the font by generating the glyphs
at runtime from stroke data, using the BCI to do the work.

So you can /probably/ get away with ignoring the unpatented hinting
unless rendering CJK text.

-JimC
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James H. Cloos, Jr. <address@hidden>







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