- From: Tom Rickner <tomr@ny.monotypeusa.com>
- Date: 7 Mar 1996 08:21:18 U
- To: "W3 mailing list" <www-font@w3.org>
Speaking as a designer, producer and user of type, I have some concerns about a technology such as TrueDoc. As I understand it (and no doubt someone will correct me if I'm wrong) TrueDoc converts each font into a new proprietary format which allows for easy compression and transmition. At the other end, the font is reconstituted and "autohinted" thus reestablishing some level of screen quality. While this scenario may produce satisfactory bitmaps in many cases, it will certainly fail for a significant portion of the fonts in the marketplace today. In particular, any TrueType font which has been extensively tuned to provide optimal screen bitmaps will be in jeopardy when TrueDoc is used to convert and compress it for use on the Web. How confident can a Web publisher be that the reader will see the same thing as he/she is designing on the Mac or PC which is on their desktop. Thomas Rickner Monotype Typography Inc Disclaimer- The thoughts expressed here are my own, and do not represent those of my employer.
Received on Thursday, 7 March 1996 08:21:20 UTC