Mark Leisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> This is going out to the OpenType list because xmbdfed supports > >> creation and editing of SBIT strikes up to 4bpp, which can be included > >> in OT fonts using other tools. 4.5 is the last version with SBIT > >> support. Nobody seems to be using it, so it's going. > > Werner> Any reason for removing it? Design issues? I would rather stop > Werner> further development instead of removing it completely. > > The only reason to remove it was to reduce the code size. I think the reason > nobody used this feature is that renderers are getting fairly sophisticated > with regard to smaller point sizes. No further SBIT development was planned.
The results of the rendering with freetype (1/2) at sizes between 10 and 20 pixel look much worse than the bitmaps contained for example in the free Japanese "Kochi Mincho" and "Kochi Gothic" TT fonts or Microsofts Japanese "MS Mincho" and "MS Gothic" TT fonts. -- Mike Fabian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.suse.de/~mfabian 睡眠不足はいい仕事の敵だ。 _______________________________________________ Fonts mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/fonts
