Craig Ringer wrote: > John Beardmore wrote: >> Pierre Marchand wrote: >>> Vous (John Beardmore) avez ?crit :
>>>>> 1/ By design, Scribus focuses on print output. >>>> Yes - it makes sense to focus on the situation where the highest >>>> precision output is required, but that doesn't make it sensible to >>>> (needlessly ?) compromise the way lower resolution output is handled. >>> All is in the needlesslyness! I did not do it myself but I think it has >>> _needed_ a pretty load of work to get the proper fix done. So, here I would >>> not say that "by design" the output was bad on low resolution devices. Just >>> that they were not targetted in something like "phase A". >> Yes - I may have the wrong end of the stick, but when I saw something >> like 'removes the hinting', I took it that it had somehow been decided >> that having it there was unnecessary / undesirable. > > Not at all. It's just that converting a font to outlines cannot preserve > hinting, because hinting is specific to display at particular resolutions. Glad I got the wrong end of the stick ! Cheers, J/. -- John Beardmore, MSc EDM (Open), B.A. Chem (Oxon), CMIOSH, AIEMA, MEI Managing Director, T4 Sustainability Limited. http://www.T4sLtd.co.uk/ Carbon Trust Consultant: Energy Audit, Carbon Footprint, Design Advice Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme, (EEAS), Registered Assessor Phone: 0845 4561332 Mobile: 07785 563116 Skype: t4sustainability
