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Re: TinkerFont progress report

From:Muke Tever <hotblack@...>
Date:Monday, February 28, 2005, 16:29
Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> wrote:
> I've used High-Logic's but what I had in mind was > something a LOT easier to use. Instead of being built > for designing typeface styles it would be geared > specifically toward designing novel characters, > without having to get bogged down in the details of > vertices and b-splines. Something that would let you > define only the path the penpoint travels in drawing > the letter and having the program fill in the details > and create the nit-picky details of the letter's > outline.
I don't know the details of implementation, but I understand fonts with CJK glyphs actually define them this way. I imagine it saves a lot of effort all around. *Muke! -- website: http://frath.net/ LiveJournal: http://kohath.livejournal.com/ deviantArt: http://kohath.deviantart.com/ FrathWiki, a conlang and conculture wiki: http://wiki.frath.net/