Hi Jonas, On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 12:51 AM Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk> wrote:
> fonts-tlwg are provided as both Truetype and Opentype, > but package descriptions lack any mention of when either format is more > suitable. > > Maybe Truetype fonts include hinting omitted from Opentype fonts. > Maybe Opentype fonts include feature sets lacking in Truetype fonts. > Maybe they are technically equal but consuming applications vary > in their support for accessing all features of either format. > > Please add mention of which format is better when. They are supposed to provide the same typographical features, except for the underlying CFF and TTF glyph formats. I'm about to add this paragraph to 'fonts-thai-tlwg' package description: Every font in this package is provided in TrueType and OpenType formats for users to choose to suit their needs. Both formats are maintained to provide the same glyph set, glyph design, and typographical features, except that curves and hints are defined in CFF format for the OpenType version, and in TTF format for the TrueType version. Do you think it's sufficient? Or should I try to evaluate the current quality of both formats as rendered by FreeType? To my personal taste, the OpenType version used to be inferior, until the FreeType CFF rendering improvement was contributed by Adobe. And now I prefer the OpenType version personally. The TrueType hinting, however, is based purely on FontForge auto-instruction, no manual tuning. Regards, -- Theppitak Karoonboonyanan http://linux.thai.net/~thep/ On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 12:51 AM Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk> wrote: > > Source: fonts-tlwg > Version: 1:0.7.2-1 > Severity: normal > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Hi, > > fonts-tlwg are provided as both Truetype and Opentype, > but package descriptions lack any mention of when either format is more > suitable. > > Maybe Truetype fonts include hinting omitted from Opentype fonts. > Maybe Opentype fonts include feature sets lacking in Truetype fonts. > Maybe they are technically equal but consuming applications vary > in their support for accessing all features of either format. > > Please add mention of which format is better when. > > > - Jonas > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEn+Ppw2aRpp/1PMaELHwxRsGgASEFAl7eeUcACgkQLHwxRsGg > ASFAow//TW1tdBZozMKIMmQuN5RIXr+4V9/UQ3MSKYAwRCXSwYbSqCqqJ2NrASDe > wTcH0lioDQkxcN44jah86DD1kkCUEvONL6KkFSv/6uaTYkX2g94+1rMjvXVdrKjf > mlTnXDcLZRNpjPtY3u6fODzicqDhz8ohbgIBZKCebEqKc/YXpXVdmgFPVfUmpN/i > hUd4fUXEhqrAE9F3evhjLwAYm2BneeJ9n5x7rdP6/Gkq/zn1BUkF18oEYgffxNJ7 > hHlfHtsbAbCKtj50Xjsomuf0De7WQXef84Y2HqLTdR2UAm5yWePy2R/OKDGuAdqU > aBdmcn7iip8ZWI5sy5xLxE+2BWqN9JQeDQ4RIRmfmM65U10Rx5300O/Od9kLy1Ii > OcTAvIlwlpeGXju6dNAGy8t6MWnL61aAq6R44wD38UuM46Zc660lmjFQX4UOrQZ2 > QgqgzT/sl9ni/i5gC/e2tTPJaKk/LaUF9EbjNHf0cNleQGcEt2DdV1QJyj3kTH6L > gg/3wy8Q8xOXwuGXwweHK4eu3N95vanSB0ZUTYINy6YnFda6nLdLlZfgVc573Lj5 > 5O9UdSxMmHxMwyB9RZJwndxrd8bmHzWetKn/pncSzEkLQxPY9xdB8m17+FwfMANY > f4/e3L1NHcEc595NUDw6jVw6fj8Ca7cORZGgHISUqirEzV3lPmg= > =Z2vI > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Theppitak Karoonboonyanan http://linux.thai.net/~thep/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d(+) s:- a C++ UL P-@ L+++ E--- W+++ N o? K? w-- !O !M V? PS(+) PE-- Y(-) PGP++ t? 5? X+ R- tv+ b++ DI D-- G e++ h-- r? y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
