[MPEG-OTSPEC] Hints, TT and CFF (was: Re: Proposal to make OFF complete)

[Dave Crossland]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2020, 4:08 PM Behdad Esfahbod <behdad at behdad.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 7:50 AM Dave Crossland <dcrossland at google.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Haha, awesome!
>>
>> I must admit my ignorance with regards to CFF2, but, isn't one of the
>> major features of CFF2 that hints can vary?
>>
>
> Major in what way? Yes, CFF2 hints can vary. Also yes, TT-based varfonts'
> hints can also vary.
>

Major in that Ken's fonts don't take advantage of it, and yet a "business
case" for CFF and CFF2 that I've heard is that rendering is superior
because of the hinting model..

Ignoring the major problem though: that CFF/CFF2 hinting interpretation is
> FULLY UNSPECIFIED. So varying or not is moot.
>

I'm eager to hear your thoughts on the thread where this was discussed, as
Terence I believe proposed that TTF hinting is also unspecified.

>
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