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https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2023/01/pdf-text-and-fonts-design-by-devil.html>
"PDF has a fairly straightforward model for rendering text. Basically you
specify a font to use, define a transformation matrix if needed and specify the
text string to render. The PDF renderer will then load the embedded font file,
extract the curves needed for your letters and render them on canvas. And it
works quite nicely.
Assuming you are using plain ASCII. Because 127 glyphs should be enough for
everybody.
If, for some weirdo reason, you belong to that ~80% minority population of
planet Earth whose native tongue uses characters beyond ASCII, you are not
going to be in a happy place. The whole situation is nicely summarized in this
Computerphile video."
Via Rixty Dixet.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
