RE: [ft-devel] Possible solution for TrueType patent problems...

2006-11-06 Thread Graham Asher
Two of the three patents have already expired, which may be helpful. Graham Asher ___ Freetype-devel mailing list Freetype-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype-devel

Re: [ft-devel] Possible solution for TrueType patent problems...

2006-11-06 Thread Werner LEMBERG
The idea: From size 15 ALL fonts are drawn in a really satisfactory manner as antialiasing has to and can be used at those sizes. The problem is only with smaller sizes - glyphs are not clear enough or wobbly. Let´s put together TrueType fonts and bitmap fonts (of varying glyph widths).

RE: [ft-devel] Possible solution for TrueType patent problems...

2006-11-06 Thread David Turner
Two of the three patents have already expired, which may be helpful. that's not true, because law is a bit subtle here. the patent expiration rules are now the following: - if the patent was filed after 1995-06-7, its expiration term is 20 years after the filing date. - if the was filed