Re: [ft] Existence of Autohinter in the Future ?

[Torsten Giebl]

Hello !


> Firefox is not a word processor.  It's a *screen* application.
> Consequently, you intentionally won't get identical results for Times
> and Liberation since Firefox tries to display the text as good as
> possible, and this demands screen metrics which are dependent on the
> resolution and on the used hinting engine.  Maybe if you try the
> `print document' option you get identical results, but I wouldn't be
> suprised if this is not the case.
>
> I was rather talking about programs like OpenOffice or XeTeX.


OpenOffice is perfectly fine, with or without Autohinter,
Times New Roman and Liberation Serif Example texts have both the same
width on screen and the printer.

Times New Roman:
Test Test Test Test
Liberation Serif:
Test Test Test Test

From what i heard OpenOffice uses its own Font Renderer.

The same with Freetype2 + BCI on screen, for example in Firefox or other GTK/QT 
Apps.

But with Freetype2 + Autohint, the line with the exact
same text is in one font longer, than in the other one.

Maybe this is a problem with Liberation Serif itself.

Are there any fonts that even with Autohinter on, can
replace the M$ Fonts and have the exact same length on
the screen ?


CU