From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4B87D447.7000708@maht0x0r.net> References: <14ec7b181002152057p7128c56fre09bee50d96e28ae@mail.gmail.com> <14ec7b181002170844s17b0b37bve34e5e7fe36ec258@mail.gmail.com> <14ec7b181002251345n5cea8b70nd05962d8b6386732@mail.gmail.com> <14ec7b181002251536jc123c89vf5d5814144ddd9ac@mail.gmail.com> <372505d10503442e41069b7ff901c512@ladd.quanstro.net> <4B87D447.7000708@maht0x0r.net> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:37:43 -0500 Message-ID: <2d5a784f1002260837g618e411dj5008eaa222c218c4@mail.gmail.com> From: david bulkow To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000feaeb3f3fceaa6d0480838490 Subject: Re: [9fans] problem using a vera font in rio Topicbox-Message-UUID: dc8e5d9a-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --000feaeb3f3fceaa6d0480838490 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Apple has switched to the 2.2 Gamma. Don't know when though, probably the 10.5 or 10.6 era. On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:01 AM, matt wrote: > > i don't know. it's not libfreetype. fontsrv asks the OS X >>> graphics code to render each glyph into a box and then >>> concatenates the boxes to make the subfont. >>> all the text was noticeably lighter (more grey) >>> than in your screen shot when i put them side by side. >>> >>> >> >> this is due to apple's algorithm for rendering glyphs. >> >> I don't know if it is relevant but OSX uses a 1.8 Gamma whereas PC's (& > TVs) use 2.2 > > --000feaeb3f3fceaa6d0480838490 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Apple has switched to the 2.2 Gamma.=C2=A0 Don't know when though, prob= ably the 10.5 or 10.6 era.

On Fri, Feb 26= , 2010 at 9:01 AM, matt <maht-9fans@maht0x0r.net> wrote:

i don't know. =C2=A0it's not libfreetype. =C2=A0fontsrv asks the OS= X
graphics code to render each glyph into a box and then
concatenates the boxes to make the subfont.
all the text was noticeably lighter (more grey)
than in your screen shot when i put them side by side.
=C2=A0

this is due to apple's algorithm for rendering glyphs.

I don't know if it is relevant but OSX uses a 1.8 Gamma whereas PC'= s (& TVs) use 2.2


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