Re: Linux Fonts

[Ben Armstrong <synrg@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca>]

On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 12:22:41PM -0700, Dustin Mofos wrote:
> Making a perfectly hinted font is very, very diffecult
> (the guy who made Times New Roman has said he spent 2+
> years on the hinting alone).  I chose to embed bitmaps
> for all the smaller sizes (no small chore). Is it
> possible that gfontview can't handle truetype embedded
> bitmaps?

Ah, that could be.  Also, it could be the reason it doesn't work in
tuxpaint.  Could you please provide a version without embedded bitmaps for
testing purposes?

Thanks,
Ben
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