Re: [forum] Re: Choosing an extension for bitmap-only SFNTs

Juliusz Chroboczek <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.xfree86.devel,gmane.comp.xfree86.forum,gmane.comp.fonts.freetype.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>> As far as I know, Microsoft doesn't use bitmap-only sfnts -- they use
>> scalable fonts throughout, nowadays, only keeping the legacy .FON
>> format for backwards compatibility.

TR> Windows XP still has Terminal, Courier, MS Serif and MS Sans
TR> Serif, all of which are bitmapped and in common use.  Indeed, MS
TR> Sans Serif is the default font for dialog boxes unless otherwise
TR> overridden.

They're still .FON files, not bitmap-only SFNTs.

                                        Juliusz
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