http://charlesmchen.github.com/typefacet/topics/autokern/index.html
On 06/15/2012 03:20 PM, Nathan Willis wrote:
My understanding is that the auto-kerning implemented by Zapf's Hz-program is
now patent-free due to 2010 patent expiration. Is anyone familiar with the
approach used there?
On 06/15/2012 01:49 AM, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
I think, that could work like this: the software has to build and
you conture around any glyphe, in a way that the distance to the
outline of the glyphe is depending on its form, so that the new
outline is closer to sharp edges then to straight
On 06/15/2012 02:48 PM, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote:
I don't have a link for just the documentation file describing this, but
both the code and the PDF user manual explaining how it works are in the
Tsukurimashou distribution package available here:
Ah, great. Thanks for sharing.
behdad
On Thu, 14 Jun 2012, Vernon Adams wrote:
This is very interesting, reminds me of David Kindersley's work on
'optical spacing'. I think that spacing for web and screen fonts could
be dealt with like this fairly straightforward because of the role that
the pixel grid plays in determining final
My understanding is that the auto-kerning implemented by Zapf's Hz-program
is now patent-free due to 2010 patent expiration. Is anyone familiar with
the approach used there?
URW supposedly published a book about it, but only in Germany (and
doubtless in less-than-Twilight quantity). I've looked
If no-one is familiar with David Kindersley's experiments with optical spacing
it's well worth looking at.
Info is scarce, except from
http://www.kindersleyworkshop.co.uk/shop/optical-letter-spacing.php
Basically DK built an apparatus for viewing lettering, to gauge spacing before
he cut the
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 08:06:42PM +0100, Vernon Adams wrote:
could that be done in fontforge too?
FontForge has programable auto kerning feature (one can supply FontForge
with a Python function that computes the amout of kerning needed).
http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/autowidth.html
