Nadeem Hasan wrote:
Rachel Greenham wrote:
Nadeem Hasan wrote:
Well, I know what Type1 fonts are, but I didn't understand the sentence.
It's my understanding that the anti-aliasing support applies to Type 1 fonts as well as TrueType fonts.
Not as far as I know. TrueType fonts contain hints which are used for AA rendering. This is a guess :) I may be completely wrong. Anyone here can shed more light?
Type 1 fonts also contain hinting information. This is how Postscript printers maintain proper font appearance when printing small text. This is also how Acrobat Reader anti-aliases text. Also, back in my Acorn days, I could routinely convert Postscript Type 1 fonts to fully hinted Acorn fonts, so the information must have been there in order for it to be converted. I'd be *deeply* disappointed if the AA support in X4.0.2 doesn't support Type 1 fonts. No, my problem is the lack of RENDER support in my X4.0.2. :-( Still not getting any response from the SuSE people on this; I might have to register my newly-bought 7.1 and ask through Installation Support... -- Rachel