It's called hinting, and it's expensive. And it has nothing whatsoever to do with MS Word.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Arcane Jill > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:19 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Free Fonts > > > This should really be in a FAQ somewhere on the Unicode web site, > methinks. One thing - the fonts print spectacularly well, but don't seem > to display well on the screen (at least, not in Microsoft Word). Any > idea why that might be? > > Jill > > -----Original Message----- > From: Philippe Verdy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 1:57 PM > To: Michael Everson > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: MS Windows and Unicode 4.0 ? > > There are many > open-source projects aimed at producing free fonts for all > scripts available in Unicode/ISO/IEC 10646. > > Just visit the impressive resource references collected on: > http://www.nongnu.org/freefont/ > > Don't forget PfaEdit to edit glyph outlines, and the referenced > font tools. > > Now font design is open to many hackers that have some ability > in a particular design focus. You don't need to master all > font technologies as fonts are being now developed with > small subprojects. Glyphs are only a part of what a font can > support. Those interested in hinting glyphs, or maintaining > font design integrity when new glyphs are added can now > collaborate with their own skills. > > There's no magic behind fonts. In fact, in a near future, most > Unicode-supported scripts will be easily accessible to users, > because there will be large collections of OpenType fonts > supporting them and created with open-sourced licenses. > > So even if an OS still does not provide support for some scripts, > the OS should be prepared to accept all Unicode scripts with all > fonts. These OS or software vendors may help those open-source > projects to enhance their interoperability with foreign scripts, > and provide in their distribution the best collected open-sourced > fonts. > > > > >
