At 12:30 PM -0700 10/3/01, lsanger(a)nupedia.com wrote:
I'm not sure if what Peter's working on is the
sort of information that
belongs in an encyclopedia--but if so, I'd second your request.
The information is a set of data structures each requiring comment
from multiple users in the industry. Not unusual in structure -mostly
textual references.
BTW: All Mac and Windows users, you are viewing your web page text
using these TrueType font structures right now :-)
I like the idea of a beta on the wikipedia site to get consensus up
on the use of the wiki approach.
Could I make up a set of pages with the following master page and
links to each of the pages listed below?
Best wishes
Peter.
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An Overview of special font tables
The Font Directory
The 'acnt' (accent attachment) table
The 'avar' (axis variation) table
The 'bdat' (bitmap data) table
The 'bhed' (bitmap font header) table
The 'bloc' (bitmap location) table
The 'bsln' (baseline) table
The 'cmap' (character code mapping) table
The 'cvar' (CVT variation) table
The 'cvt ' (control value) table
The 'EBSC' (embedded bitmap scaling control) table
The 'fdsc' (font descriptor) table
The 'feat' (layout feature) table
The 'fmtx' (font metrics) table
The 'fpgm' (font program) table
The 'fvar' (font variation) table
The 'gasp' (grid-fitting and scan-conversion procedure) table
The 'glyf' (glyph outline) table
The 'gvar' (glyph variation) table
The 'hdmx' (horizontal device metrics) table
The 'head' (font header) table
The 'hhea' (horizontal header) table
The 'hmtx' (horizontal metrics) table
The 'hsty' (horizontal style) table
The 'just' (justification) table
The 'kern' (kerning) table
The 'lcar' (ligature caret) table
The 'loca' (glyph location) table
The 'maxp' (maximum profile) table
The 'mort' (metamorphosis) table
The 'morx' (extended metamorphosis) table
The 'name' (name) table
The 'opbd' (optical bounds) table
The 'OS/2' (compatibility) table
The 'post' (glyph name and PostScript compatibility) table
The 'prep' (control value program) table
The 'prop' (properties) table
The 'trak' (tracking) table
The 'vhea' (vertical header) table
The 'vmtx' (vertical metrics) table
The 'Zapf' (glyph reference) table
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