- From: Wayne Dick <wayneedick@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 09:51:59 -0700
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This tool measures the effects of changing font family, letter spacing, word spacing and font size. http://nosetothepage.org/fontStats/FDSDoc.html Faults: 1. it is slow. I need to add a fast search. 2. It may not handle some traditional CJK fonts 3. It is clumsy. Your must refresh the page to rerun, but it will remember your settings. Here is some sample output. it compares Tahoma with modified spacing to normal Verdana. Font Data AnalysisUser Font Settings Test String in "Tahoma" is One of Ada's friends suggested that she produce a translation of Menabrea's piece for Scientific Memoirs, a periodical devoted to scientific papers. This was her opportunity to serve Babbage and show her talents. When she finished, she informed Babbage, who was pleased but also somewhat surprised. "I asked why she had not herself written an original paper on a subject with which she was so intimately acquainted," Babbage said. 34 She replied that the thought had not occurred to her. Back then, women generally did not publish scientific papers. Comparison Font Settings Test String in "Verdana" is One of Ada's friends suggested that she produce a translation of Menabrea's piece for Scientific Memoirs, a periodical devoted to scientific papers. This was her opportunity to serve Babbage and show her talents. When she finished, she informed Babbage, who was pleased but also somewhat surprised. "I asked why she had not herself written an original paper on a subject with which she was so intimately acquainted," Babbage said. 34 She replied that the thought had not occurred to her. Back then, women generally did not publish scientific papers. Font FamilyFont SizeLetter SpacingWord SpacingSet WidthAve Char Width Tahoma 16px 0.07em 0.1em 4683px 8.499px Verdana 16px 0em 0em 4483px 8.136px The width ratio Tahoma / Verdana = *1.045*
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