top | item 30829399 (no title) PolCPP | 3 years ago That kerning on that "hello world" vector font demo though discuss order hn newest smilespray|3 years ago In this case, keming is a more appropriate term. taneq|3 years ago My favourite patch note of all time is from Path of Exile and reads simply “Fixed keming.” WithinReason|3 years ago You mean letter spacing? It looks like there is no kerning going on. monax|3 years ago Yeah kerning is still WIP rwmj|3 years ago Honestly the amount of crazy code involved in Linux font rendering[1], and then you get to CJKV support[2], it's mind-boggling. Even then, it's nowhere near as good as macOS :-/[1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango & https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz[2] https://www.amazon.co.uk/CJKV-Information-Processing-Ken-Lun... load replies (1) 1MachineElf|3 years ago If it had kerning, then would it still be brutalist?
smilespray|3 years ago In this case, keming is a more appropriate term. taneq|3 years ago My favourite patch note of all time is from Path of Exile and reads simply “Fixed keming.”
taneq|3 years ago My favourite patch note of all time is from Path of Exile and reads simply “Fixed keming.”
monax|3 years ago Yeah kerning is still WIP rwmj|3 years ago Honestly the amount of crazy code involved in Linux font rendering[1], and then you get to CJKV support[2], it's mind-boggling. Even then, it's nowhere near as good as macOS :-/[1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango & https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz[2] https://www.amazon.co.uk/CJKV-Information-Processing-Ken-Lun... load replies (1) 1MachineElf|3 years ago If it had kerning, then would it still be brutalist?
rwmj|3 years ago Honestly the amount of crazy code involved in Linux font rendering[1], and then you get to CJKV support[2], it's mind-boggling. Even then, it's nowhere near as good as macOS :-/[1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango & https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz[2] https://www.amazon.co.uk/CJKV-Information-Processing-Ken-Lun... load replies (1)
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rwmj|3 years ago
[1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango & https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz
[2] https://www.amazon.co.uk/CJKV-Information-Processing-Ken-Lun...
1MachineElf|3 years ago