Re: hmtx optimization over the Google Fonts collection

Hey,

I'm sure everyone wants to know: why would any font get larger?

On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 5:45 PM, Roderick Sheeter <rsheeter@google.com>
wrote:

> I did a test run of hmtx optimization over the Google Fonts collection
> and thought the results might be of interest. A few key results:
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>    - Of 1754 font files, 80.4% (1411) got smaller, 16.4% (288) had no
>    change, and 3.1% (55) got larger.
>    - For fonts with savings, average was 466 bytes or 1.08% of size
>       - Across all fonts, average was 368 bytes or 0.86% of size
>
> Cheers, Rod S.
>
> Per-font results can be seen in
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dgL-il6fIHaHJghlzXz7aM_HEtes9G7Pt7TsnlsxsGc/edit?usp=sharing
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