[WinMac] Re: fonts
Alex Dearden(pata[at]tampabay.rr.com)
Tue, 19 Jan 1999 22:52:11 -0500
> No, an instance of the kerning and spacing tables for each scaleable
>typeface are stored in the bitmap (screen) font. That is why you have the
>choice to either import them in Fontographer, have it generate a new set
>automatically, and/or adjust kerning pairs manually.
I believe you are wrong on this one. The following is a quote from
"Digital Prepress Complete" by Donnie O'Quinn & Matt LeClair, published
by Haydeb Books (a very good book):
"...ATM efectively combines screen and printer font information. By
taking a peek into the printer font information, ATM determines what your
type should look like. It then renders your bitmap type as smoothly as
possible onscreen, regardless of point size, zoom factors, rotation, or
scaling... All ATM needs to acomplish this is one screen font (regardless
of its point size) and the printer font... If you're working in Windows,
ATM works without screen fonts being present, creating onscreen bitpmaps
from existing .pfb files, or the outline fonts used on the Windows
platform."
If you think about it it wouldn't make sense for the screen bitmap font
to contain the metrics and kerning tables (which it does not). For
example in Quark, you can edit pair kerning and general tracking and this
info is sent down to the printer.
Alex Dearden
pata@doglover.com
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