Quoting Paride Legovini (2015-09-03 22:54:33) > thanks for your feedback, I am now subscribed to the mailing list. Excellent :-) > On 2015-09-03 22:31, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: >> Quoting Paride Legovini (2015-09-03 16:11:06) >>> I tried the .otf font first, and I found it very bad. After this I >>> found out the on Linux system the the .ttf version is recommended, >>> and indeed the result is much, mych better. The README says: "The >>> .ttf files are recommended for screen use on Linux and Windows >>> platforms." >> >> Maybe these Opentype fonts really are in worse shape¹ than the >> Truetype counterparts, but more likely the recommendation (and your >> tests?) relate to application support for the font formats: >> Applications vary widely in how they render fonts. > [...] > >> Therefore: Please consider sharing which tests you made using which >> applications, so that we can try identify whether Opentype fonts or >> rendering is the actual issue here. > > Well, I tested the font where I intend to mostly use it: in my > terminal. The terminal is sakura, it's a VTE based GTK3 terminal. > > Check the two attached files, it's apparent that otf version gives a > result that is by far worse. Check especially the bold 'm' letter, the > dollar symbol and the dot inside of the '0' character. > > In case it matters, I chose the native hinting method in when > configuring fontconfig-config. > > I'm very willing to investigate the issue, I hope I'll end packaging > the best version of this font. It seems from the git history that they were intended to be identical. Perhaps share your finding with upstream - it might be a bug there. If Opentype fonts render best for some apps and Truetype renders best for others, it is probably best to package both, like fonts-freefont-*. ...and package the embedded opentype, SVG and Woff in package *-web stored in separate dirs as was recently discussed here on the list. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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