POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Ghostscript : Re: Ghostscript Server Time
4 Sep 2024 21:22:19 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Ghostscript  
From: Orchid XP v8
Date: 20 Jan 2010 16:28:49
Message: <4b577591$1@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:

> - The "e" in the Avant Garde fonts. The horizontal bar appears to be 
> very slightly lower in the printer font, and the gap between it and the 
> curly tail is infintesimally narrower as a result.
> 
> - In /Bookman-Light, the "k" and "m" actually touch in the Ghostscript 
> font, but there is a tiny gap in the printer font.
> 
> - In the various Courier fonts, the serif at the top of the "C" is very 
> slightly bent in the printer font, but perfectly straight in the 
> Ghostscript font.
> 
> - /Courier-Bold seems to have a very slightly heavier weight in the 
> printer font. (Not by much though.)
> 
> - The "-" character in the Courier family is longer in the printer font 
> then the Ghostscript font.
> 
> - In the Helvetica family, the edge of the tail in "e" is exactly 
> horizontal in the printer font, but angled in the Ghostscript font. 
> (Also for "c".)
> 
> - In /NewCenturySchlbk-Romain, the seriefs on the "u" are different. 
> They're wedge-shaped, but on the printer the TOP of the wedge is angled, 
> but the Ghostscript font has the BOTTOM of the wedge angled. A few other 
> letters exhibit this difference.

...OK, wow. Jesus Christ I need a better job! O_O

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