From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/79672 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bill Meahan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: 'kern': TrueType table and GPOS lookup feature Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:39:16 -0500 Message-ID: <50B8E134.2020207@meahan.net> References: <50B85B0E.1060703@web.de> <50B878C7.8080607@wxs.nl> <50B8D947.50003@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1354293586 28849 80.91.229.3 (30 Nov 2012 16:39:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:39:46 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Nov 30 17:39:59 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TeTd4-0000Il-MU for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:39:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F0111034A; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:39:42 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id tnqY287lrzG4; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:39:40 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF31310330; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:39:39 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB60810330 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:39:37 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 7xXJgKrruIQT for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:39:35 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter2-til.mf.surf.net (filter2-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.218]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 839821032E for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:39:35 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail32c40.carrierzone.com (mail32c40.carrierzone.com [209.235.156.172]) by filter2-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id qAUGdRdf011915 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:39:33 +0100 X-Authenticated-User: subscribed_lists.meahan.net Original-Received: from [192.168.1.151] (d27-96-221-12.nap.wideopenwest.com [96.27.12.221]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail32c40.carrierzone.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id qAUGdG06004813 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:39:21 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 In-Reply-To: <50B8D947.50003@wxs.nl> X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=2.0 cv=WpGcx6jv c=1 sm=1 a=gQI4EhXLwm578WU9SoM/2Q==:17 a=0wiOde9d68gA:10 a=6DX1bNmb4WUA:10 a=Olzf91-8vUEA:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=wBJZxVaMAAAA:8 a=-pYQbEe8BU8A:10 a=MyD6-TouAd6gBQpqDO8A:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=gQI4EhXLwm578WU9SoM/2Q==:117 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020203.50B8E139.0107, ss=1, re=0.000, recu=0.000, reip=0.000, cl=1, cld=1, fgs=0 X-CTCH-VOD: Unknown X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-Score: 0.000 X-CTCH-Rules: X-CTCH-Flags: 0 X-CTCH-ScoreCust: 0.000 X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=209.235.156.172; country=US; region=FL; city=Fort Lauderdale; postalcode=33301; latitude=26.1209; longitude=-80.1273; metrocode=528; areacode=954; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=26.1209,-80.1273&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0TItQDrEp - 36dadcb092b9 - 20121130 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.218 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:79672 Archived-At: On 11/30/2012 11:05 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 11/30/2012 10:58 AM, Steve White wrote: > >> 5) There was also a report that OpenType kerning doesn't work in some >> E-Book readers (I know this isn't the forum for that, but ...) . My >> iriver Story kerns very nicely text in FreeSerif. Can I get an example >> of an E-reader for which kerning fails? (I really don't doubt that they >> exist!) > > Natively I suppose? If a pdf file is viewed on an ebook reader it's > not the ereader's issue. > > Hans PDF preserves typography IF the fonts are on the machine or embedded in the document. That includes kerning. EPUB and Kindle are based on XHTML and pay no attention to any typography or kerning set by the creator. The *user* chooses the typeface and line-spacing while the text width is either the width of the screen or the width of the window if run on PC,Mac &al. Any kerning is strictly a function of the E-reader and the particular typeface ("font") chosen by the user. The EPUB3 spec alleviates this somewhat as it allows font embedding. -- Bill Meahan Westland, Michigan USA ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________