Hi,
Ah, but then you compare it to Mac OS X and you get disappointed... It seems to bring out the font shapes so much better! For example, I take a TT font from my Mac, and install it on both Windows and Linux, and it just doesn't look the same, no matter how hard I try.
Chris
George Garvey wrote:
Using VMware the other day I noticed something. I was running a program I develop on both Linux and in VMware with 2000 Pro. The font rendering is noticeably better on Linux. It is darker, and less blurry.
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Oh well.. We've got a topposter ;)
TrueType-fonts? Heh.. if one is serious about his/her fonts, one will use postscript-fonts. Actually one ought to use OpenType CFF fonts - postscript outlines rules ;) ... that's why my (yet to be released) fonts are all OpenType CFF-fonts.
From a mathematical point of view - as well as a designer's point of view postscript-outlined fonts are superior ( or it can be, when using a smart rasterizer ;) ) - PostScript's Bezier-curves are much stronger and flexible than TrueType's primitive quadratic splines. But then... it does require a smart rasterizer to look good in any given situation.
Just my 5 cents while being completely OT :-)
/Kristian Poul Herkild
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