Subject: Re: UNIX & Fonts -- the big view
From: Leonard Rosenthol (leonardr@lazerware.com)
Date: Sun Apr 30 2000 - 17:35:19 CDT
At 3:21 PM -0500 4/30/00, Justin Bradford wrote:
>On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, Stefan Rieken wrote:
>
>> Additionally, Leonard Rosenthol wrote about OpenType. I off course
>> wonder: does Open mean "Open"? Or do we get this legal status thingy
>> like in FreeType?
>
>I looked up a bit of info on OpenType, and it appears to be a more complex
>format that is backwards compatible with both Type1 and TrueType.
Correct.
>Of course, that means it inherits the patent issues associated with TrueType.
ONLY if you use the TT features of OpenType.
>The FreeType project is working on a new autohinter, which, I believe,
>circumvents the patent problems with TrueType. I'm not sure, by any means,
>but that's what I gather from various comments about it.
>
That's what I've heard as well.
LDR
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