Around 23 o'clock on Dec 24, Vadim Plessky wrote:
> You have mentioned that your solution is "Independent of output technology or > rasterization; it's just a configuration, customization and matching library" > How you deal with kerning in it? I don't. This library gets you from a font name to a file name (+index) along with data needed to rasterize the font (size and various hints). A simple convention (replace .PFB/.PFA with .AFM) can yield access to the metrics associated with the Type1 font. I believe I can solve this configuration/customization part of the problem separately from the remaining rasterization and layout problems. Given that others are actively working in those areas, I'd rather not attempt to standardize something not yet ready. I believe we're long overdue for a standard mechanism for installing and using fonts; I think we can build concensus relatively quickly and dramatically simplify the use of fonts throughout the computing environment. > | The idea is to list all of the available faces in 'match' order -- the > | distance from the face to the requested pattern. Now this list can be > > How you are going to measure distance? > It can be VERY difficult. I have a relatively simplistic metric, the sophistication comes in generating useful patterns which match sensible fonts. In particular, the pattern can contain multiple face names; those are matched in the order listed, allowing applications to suggest likely face names. I'd like to avoid panose-style matching based on characteristics of the font and stick to something simple that applications can work with easily. Keith Packard XFree86 Core Team Compaq Cambridge Research Lab _______________________________________________ Fonts mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/fonts
