Changeset 95aa2bf for x

Timestamp:

12/07/2023 09:28:20 AM (6 months ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…>

Branches:

12.1, ken/TL2024, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, plabs/newcss, python3.11, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, trunk, xry111/llvm18

Children:

da49ff03

Parents:

69c8f9fa

Message:

tuningfonts:

Explain that some recent fonts have TTF files with hinting, and
OTF files without. Expand the comment in TTF-and-OTF-fonts to
explain why OTF should be preferred, and link to previous page
for why hinting can be undesirable or unusable.

Location:

x/installing

Files:

• TTF-and-OTF-fonts.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• tuning-fontconfig.xml (modified) (1 diff)

x/installing/TTF-and-OTF-fonts.xml

@@ -41 +41 @@
       If a font provides both TTF and OTF forms, you should prefer the OTF form
       in Linux, as it may provide more features for programs which know how to
-      use them (such as xelatex).
+      use them (such as xelatex). The TTF files of these fonts usually contain
+      hinting, see <xref linkend="hinting-and-antialiasing"/> and <xref
+      linkend="items-which-can-override-fontconfig"/> for reasons why hinting
+      may be undesirable or unusable.
     </para>
 

x/installing/tuning-fontconfig.xml

@@ -201 +201 @@
       because it was patented) use <command>fc-query
       <replaceable>/path/to/fontfile</replaceable> | grep 'fonthashint:'</command>:
-      which will report 'True(s)' or 'False(s)'.
+      which will report 'True(s)' or 'False(s)'. Some recent fonts with both TTF
+      and OTF versions will have hinting in the TTF files.
     </para>