From: Pierre O. <os...@ce...> - 2009-10-29 10:17:11
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On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:36:34 +0100 Pierre Ossman <os...@ce...> wrote: > Hi! > > I'm having some issues with the hinting in the DejaVu Sans Oblique > font. Basically, the font looks very heavy when the hinting inside the > font is used, up to the point where the space between characters almost > disappears (see attached image). > > Is this really how the font is supposed to look or is the hinting being > a bit overzealous? > The more I look at this, the more I'm convinced the hinting is broken: - Turning hinting off completely results in output that's similar to the autohinted version, not the "properly" hinted one. Hinting should not be substantially changing the weight of a font (IMO). - Character spacing is off. Look at the space around "s" in "Based". There is a lot more space on the right than on the left. On the autohinted version the spacing is even. - Character stems have uneven weight. It isn't a problem at this particular size, but shift it a pixel up or down and you get effects like the horizontal line on a "t" being much thinner than the vertical one. I also noticed that the problems are there on the non-oblique DejaVu Sans as well, only not as bad. Rgds -- Pierre Ossman OpenSource-based Thin Client Technology System Developer Telephone: +46-13-21 46 00 Cendio AB Web: http://www.cendio.com |