[Lohit-devel-list] errors in TT instructions

[प्रविण सातपुते]

On 17 February 2010 02:44, Bernard Massot <bmassot at free.fr> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> It seems TrueType instructions in Lohit-Hindi worsen the font more than
> it improves it. After removing instructions from it, text looks far
> better.
> I made two screenshots of Indix's web site on Firefox, one with original
> instructions found in upstream Lohit-Hindi, one after removing all
> instructions. You can see the result on http://bmassot.free.fr/indic/ .
>
> Since instructing's goal is to improve a font, I wonder how this
> happened. How were instructions generated at first? Some tests even
> showed me that FontForge's autoinstructions can work better than
> instructions already existing in Lohit-Hindi.
>
> Did you already notice that? Did you try to improve it?
>

Actually we are not using hinting for Indian script, as its always worsen
the things due to curvy nature of shapes.
i did not noticed this and not even tried to add it any time :)
Just simply editing .sfd file of lohit-hindi not give me anything related to
hints, where and in which version you found this?

Thanks & Regards,
Pravin S
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