Re: [Fontforge-devel] high resolution fonts

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

On 2/16/14, ms...@an... <ms...@an...> wrote:

>  it seems a shame to have a user going
> off saying oh well, we weren't willing to fix the problem, when the
> problem has not been defined.

You're right, it was not clearly defined, I was just thinking out loud
(and I wasn't upset or anything, sorry if it sounded that way) ... but
:


>
> If a change is made there, my suggestion would be that instead of adding
> another box labelled 200dpi (and causing yet another of FontForge's
> dialogue boxes to become too tall for my netbook computer's 600-pixel
> vertical resolution), it would be better to remove the current 75 and 100
> dpi boxes and instead have a box for "dpi" and a box for "point size."
> Then you can enter whatever display pitch you want.


Absolutely ! That's a great idea. That's why you are the professional :D

For now, to be honest, I'll probably just slash my way through it but
in the long run, your idea would be a real improvement. There is still
a place for bitmap fonts in the world and resolutions are much more
varied now than they were when George wrote this program.  Your idea
would be great. Maybe with two check boxes for the old standard sizes,
those would not take up much space and would keep the traditionalists
happy.

If you are ever feeling bored on an airplane ... :P