Typography: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 06:00, 26 October 2021

Information on Truetype fonts (TTF), OpenType fonts (OTF), etc

Detailed explanation about the difficulty of aligning text, creating surrounding boxes, etc.

The whole book is a wealth of information on rendering on screen.

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 == References ==
+;Tools
+* [https://fontforge.org/en-US/ FontForge]
 ;Font design
 * [https://grahamwideman.wikispaces.com/Font+Vertical+Metrics Font Vertical Metrics] (from [https://github.com/chrissimpkins/Hack/issues/188])
 * [https://www.glyphsapp.com/tutorials/vertical-metrics Vertical Metrics] (from [https://github.com/chrissimpkins/Hack/issues/188])
+* [https://iamvdo.me/en/blog/css-font-metrics-line-height-and-vertical-align Deep dive CSS: font metrics, line-height and vertical-align]
+:Detailed explanation about the difficulty of aligning text, creating surrounding boxes, etc.
+;Font rendering
+* [https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/04/a-closer-look-at-font-rendering/ A Closer Look At Font Rendering]
+* [http://rastertragedy.com/RTRCh4.htm Challenges: TrueType Rasterizer], very detailed analysis.
+: The whole book is a wealth of information on rendering on screen.
+;Text rendering
+* [https://gankra.github.io/blah/text-hates-you/ Text rendering hates you]
+* [https://lord.io/blog/2019/text-editing-hates-you-too/ Text editing hates you too]