Re: [Fontforge-devel] high resolution fonts

[jon b. <ban...@gm...>]

On 2/15/14, Dave Crossland <da...@la...> wrote:
> On 14 February 2014 21:34, jon banquer <ban...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> I have a 200 dpi display and want to make some bitmapped strikes
>
>
> Why? :) I don't understand why this is valuable. At 200dpi hinting isnt so
> important :)

Because there is no excuse for jaggedy fonts at 200 dpi :)

A supposedly 12 pitch bitmap font at 200 dpi is tiny. The selection at
larger sizes is very poor. Or if you let the system scale it, looks
bad. I just want to do a couple of the system fonts, not make hundreds
of them.

By default, X uses 100 dpi bitmapped fonts, then drops to 75 dpi, then
Type1. It will be easier to create two or three double-size (hopefully
smooth) bitmaps rather than rearrange the entire operating system.
There are also some programs which insist on using bitmap fonts. I
don't have 10-power vision anymore :(