[OpenFontLibrary] workflow hints

[Erik van Blokland]

On 15 jun 2010, at 14:48, Ben Laenen wrote:

> Erik van Blokland wrote:
>> Perhaps I can explain a bit about the state of support of hinting  
>> data
>> in UFO. It is largely due to the different ways in which TrueType
>> hinting can be represented and the different expectations/formats
>> various editors have. We're trying to avoid having to dictate what  
>> the
>> right way is and left it "for later" or at least for "someone more
>> knowledgeable"
>
> Well, it's not exactly ambiguous how to store truetype hinting: you  
> only need
> to define an xml syntax for each hinting instruction to put it in a  
> UFO file.
> No idea how else you'd do this. Or what the different expectations  
> various
> editors would have.

Or a TTX dump. VTT Talk is another tool that's used for hinting with  
its own data. FontLab Studio has another collection of data. Each has  
their own proponents and users.

Erik