[OpenFontLibrary] [GFD] Re: [ft-devel] new CFF engine

[Liam R E Quin]

On Thu, 2013-05-02 at 18:29 -0700, Vernon Adams wrote:

> One thing i have noticed when testing UI fonts on android and Chrome
> (both use a tweaked freetype) is that unhinted truetype fonts render
> better than ttfautohinted or manual hinted fonts.

"better" is in many ways subjective. Distance from the viewer's eye to
the screen and the viewer's eyesight make a big difference.

People who wear glasses often prefer fonts that are not anti-aliased,
for example, especially at distances of under 18 inches/0.5 metres.

Ambient lighting can also make a difference.

Having said that, hinting for Type 1 / CFF fonts is very important, e.g.
to get the three vertical strokes of "m" to be the same thickness (if
that's desired by the design) at low resolutions.

Liam

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