[Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#962478: Bug#962478: fonts-firacode: Provide TTF instead of OTF font files. The former embed hinting instructions and thus are rendered sharper on (low-res) screens.

[James Harris]

On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 02:20:04 +0000 Paul Wise wrote: > On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at
3:03 PM Salim B wrote: > > > The FiraCode author explicitly states[1]: > >
> > > I think at some point OTF was superior to TTF, but now they are
mostly the same. The difference between OTF and TTF is that TTF can embed
hinting instructions, which are essential for rendering on low-res
displays. > > > > Therefore I think it would *really* make sense to switch
to the TTF variant of the font since it's mainly intended for "on-screen"
usage anyway (in contrast to print) and thus sharp rendering is very
important. > > Pango/HarfBuzz is dropping support for low-res displays and
hinting so > I'm not sure how useful this is. > >
https://lwn.net/Articles/821016/ >
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=HarfBuzz-Hinting-Woe >
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/issues/463 >
https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/2394 > > -- > bye, > pabs > >
https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise > >

This issue applies for 1080-1440p screens too.
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