[fontforge-users] Export Anti-Aliased Font as Bitmap

[Johannes Hofmann]

Hello,

I'm trying to use fontforge for something that it probably wasn't
intended for, but I'd nevertheless like to know whether this is possible
(and if so, how) or not:

I find OSX (terminal) text anti-aliasing to be terrible, especially when
it comes to bright text on dark background. I know there are some knobs
to tune the amount of anti-aliasing performed by OSX but the results are
all really terrible. What I was wondering was whether it's possible to
use fontforge to create a bitmap font of a font that was anti-aliased by
X.

Thanks,
Johannes

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[Joshua Krämer]

Post by Johannes Hofmann
What I was wondering was whether
it's possible to use fontforge to create a bitmap font of a font that
was anti-aliased by X.

The usual bitmap font formats do not support anti-aliasing. That means
you can create a bitmap font with Fontforge, but it will have ragged
outlines and no anti-aliasing.

The only font format I can think of that supports bitmaps with
anti-aliasing is Postscript Type 3, but I do not think such fonts can
be used in the MacOS terminal.

Kind regards,
Josh

[Pierre Hanser]

Post by Joshua Krämer

Post by Johannes Hofmann
What I was wondering was whether
it's possible to use fontforge to create a bitmap font of a font that
was anti-aliased by X.

The usual bitmap font formats do not support anti-aliasing. That means
you can create a bitmap font with Fontforge, but it will have ragged
outlines and no anti-aliasing.
The only font format I can think of that supports bitmaps with
anti-aliasing is Postscript Type 3, but I do not think such fonts can
be used in the MacOS terminal.

bdf does also, I use it...

Post by Joshua Krämer
Kind regards,
Josh
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