FS#68878 - [inter-font] Consider using the ttf version

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Tatsuyuki Ishi (ishitatsuyuki) - Monday, 07 December 2020, 08:47 GMT
Last edited by Ivy Foster (escondida) - Wednesday, 03 February 2021, 20:13 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Ivy Foster (escondida)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
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Details

The Inter font currently packages the OTF versions. A problem with OpenType fonts is that most of them are unhinted, and freetype would not invoke the auto hinter due to probably complicated reasons.

Therefore, the TrueType versions available in the upstream release as "Inter Hinted for Windows" folder are preferred. They offer the usual hinting, and while the name says "for Windows", they are generated with ttfautohint which is used for the majority of TrueType fonts, and works on FreeType without any issues.

If you want to compare/test the hinting behavior, try the "ftdiff" tool from freetype2-demos.
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Closed by  Ivy Foster (escondida)
Wednesday, 03 February 2021, 20:13 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented

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