> [ ...] So, as soon as I would use the original MS Arial font, > I would also have the original Microsoft glyph?
Mostly, to be more precise you have the original Microsoft glyph *description*, this is rasterized by the glyph-renderer, different ones can result in slightly different glyphs. > Are these rendering DLLs (you mentioned) needed -only for > "Simple rasterization without anti-aliasing" or -only for > "Rasterization with anti-aliasing" or -are "these rendering > DLLs" needed for both "Simple rasterization without > anti-aliasing" and "Rasterization with anti-aliasing" These are done by glyph-rendering libraries (e.g. FreeType etc.) which are invoked by the text-rendering libraries (e.g. under GNU/Linux Pango/Cairo or HarfBuzz etc.). There is more context here: http://www.sabi.co.uk/Notes/linuxFonts.html Dealing with fonts is not simple.
