Re: [Fonts]Re: Using TTF as a bitmap-only file format

[Brian Stell]

Markus Kuhn wrote:
> ...
> I spent an hour yesterday reading the OpenType spec on
> 
>   http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/opentype/
> 
> in order to decide whether I should write a BDF to OpenType converter
> and add it to the ucs-fonts package, to get away from PCF. I'm still
> undecided for two reasons:
> 
>   - TrueType and OpenType very clearly were designed and intended
>     as outline fonts, and the ability to add bitmaps was meant as
>     an optional add-on for those situations where hinting does not
>     lead to acceptable results.

At first I thought the idea of wrapping the old X bitmap fonts in
a Truetype/Opentype font seemed like a good idea as. With more
thought I've become reluctant as it's likely that there will be
lots of bumps in that road and bitmap fonts in any form are not 
much help for printing.

-- 
Brian Stell
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