I've carried out some simple tests using ttfautohint with the Ubuntu Font on Win XP & Win7, Chrome12 & Firefox4. The screenshots are at http://code.newtypography.co.uk/
Looks good so far, but i shall test more fonts, particularly a serif and a bold display face. I chose Ubuntu Font as i know it's well documented that Dalton Maag put a lot of professional hours into it's truetype instructions. thanks Werner! vern On 17 Jun 2011, at 08:31, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > >> but i am embarrassed to admit that i have built the library but have >> not found how to use the 'autohint' function :) a quick howto, >> please! > > One important thing I've forgotten to mention: You need the current > git version of FreeType to test the ttfautohint library; the > `configure' test for 2.4.4 in ttfautohint is a fake currently since > 2.4.5 hasn't been released yet. I know, I know, I should have done > this already weeks ago :-| > > In case you are running a Unix box (this includes recent Macs), please > use the attached script which downloads and builds ttfautohint and > FreeType in a subdirectory called `ttfautohint-build'. For > convenience, the created `ttfautohint' binary is static and not > dependent on other libraries. After successful compilation, you can > find it in `ttfautohint-build/out/bin', and you can copy it to any > other directory. > > If you run the script another time, it will update the git > repositories instead of downloading, then do a complete build again. > > Calling `ttfautohint' is simple: > > ttfautohint <in-file> <out-file> > > for example > > ttfautohint Bevan.ttf Bevan-TA.ttf > > As mentioned earlier, there aren't options right now. Note that the > program runs quite slow; adding a progress indicator is on my TODO > list also.
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