2012/8/1 Keith J. Schultz <keithjschu...@web.de>: > > Am 01.08.2012 um 18:56 schrieb Zdenek Wagner <zdenek.wag...@gmail.com>: > >> 2012/8/1 Keith J. Schultz <keithjschu...@web.de>: >>> Hi Zdenek, >>> >>> > [snip, snip] > >> No, microtype does not offer more glyphs, it offers glyph distorted in >> many different ratios. Multiple Master Fonts would be able to solve it >> in a better way but they were declared obsolete. There are just a few >> MMF fonts distributed with Acrobat Reader but the development was >> stopped years ago. > Are you sure that you know what a glyph is. It is poosible to > take the shape glyph and "distorted" this is then rendered. > Factly, you are creating a different glyph. > Or would would consider a straight line to be a circle. Certainly, > you do not! In other words you are saying that the glph -- is the > same as o! > Microtype does not turn lines into circles and never did so. Microtype changes the aspect ratio, nothing more, nothing less.
>>> To come back to Gutenberg, how Glyphs did he use? (No, I do not want an >>> answer) Literally, serveral thousand if not millions. I leave it as a >>> thought >>> experiemnt to figure out why! >>> >> Approximately 2000 per page. They could be reused but not endlessly. >> We use computer typesetting systems because production can be faster >> and cheaper, not because Gutenberg was unable to do it. > This is exactly, my point. Craftsmen can create fine details, yet the > positioning and replication induces errors which is beyond the > resolution of > the details! Then, there is, also not just one craftsman involved. > each adding > his/her own personal touch. These variations gone beyond are higher > than > the resolution we have today. I do admit that these variations is > what adds > to the artist value. > Higher resolution does not imply higher typographical quality. Too low resolution would be bad. > regards > Keith. > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex -- Zdeněk Wagner http://hroch486.icpf.cas.cz/wagner/ http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
