Re: high resolution fonts

Dave Crossland <[email protected]>
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Honestly I'm shocked to see this. Free type does better than that :)

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On 15 Feb 2014 09:04, "jon banquer" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2/15/14, Dave Crossland <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 14 February 2014 21:34, jon banquer <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> I have a 200 dpi display and want to make some bitmapped strikes
> >
> >
> > Why? :) I don't understand why this is valuable. At 200dpi hinting isnt
> so
> > important :)
>
> Because there is no excuse for jaggedy fonts at 200 dpi :)
>
> A supposedly 12 pitch bitmap font at 200 dpi is tiny. The selection at
> larger sizes is very poor. Or if you let the system scale it, looks
> bad. I just want to do a couple of the system fonts, not make hundreds
> of them.
>
> By default, X uses 100 dpi bitmapped fonts, then drops to 75 dpi, then
> Type1. It will be easier to create two or three double-size (hopefully
> smooth) bitmaps rather than rearrange the entire operating system.
> There are also some programs which insist on using bitmap fonts. I
> don't have 10-power vision anymore :(
>
>
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