On 29/03/2012 02:20, Alex Harui wrote:
I'm still trying to make sure I understand both the technical and legal issues. I see specs for CFF and DefineFont4, but there are rumors that the conversion is currently done via proprietary algorithms. If we (Apache Flex) just write our own, there may be a quality issue.
Converting <any-font-format> to <otf> is not properly defined, as far as I know. Also: the various font formats have different capabilities and not all cases are 100% clear. That means that any algorithm will work slightly different. Additionally: If Adobe "improved" the algorithms to a a non-straight conversion but flash focused conversion then that's hidden knowledge (nowhere documented etc.). I do not see the effort to try to reverse engineer the algorithm as appropriate.
May the new version be Apache Flexy. yours Martin.
