On 25 June 2010 04:16, Schrijver <e...@authoritism.net> wrote: >> >> My opinion is based on PostScript hinting; for TrueType I am dependent >> on ff's autoinstructor (which benefits from good PostScript hinting). > > So yes I was wondering about PostScript—are any open source fonts being > distributed as PostScript? I see mainly TTF. > Is that for compatibality reasons? I know postscript doesn’t play well with > earlier Windows > versions. What about distributing Opentype/CFF ?
Exactly. Type 1 fonts are pretty rare now. They are simply converted to .OTF files so they work easily cross platform. > Since you want OpenType features in many cases, I figured > Opentype with truetype outlines would be the best format to deliver in, no? IMHO yes.