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Re: TAN: Fonts

From:Herman Miller <hmiller@...>
Date:Friday, July 30, 1999, 2:33
On Thu, 29 Jul 1999 13:35:31 -0500, Terrence Donnelly
<pag000@...> wrote:

>I'm having a problem with making a TrueType font, and I thought maybe =
someone
>on this list might have some insight. > >The font is ligatured, so each letter connects to the next. I've >done this by having each letter extend slightly further to the right >than its stated character width. When I install the font and test >it, it prints fine, with smooth joins, but on the screen, there >appear to be gaps between the letters. I'm assuming there is some >conflict here between screen and printer resolutions, but I don't >know how to resolve it.
You might check your display settings. If the "smooth edges of screen fonts" box is checked, you might be seeing the anti-aliased edge of one character overlapping the adjacent character.