Digital Typefaces - Karow, Peter

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Résumé :
This is a state-of-the-art book on digital typefaces from the technical point of view. Based on his experience of more than 20 years of developing digital fonts and digitizing systems, Peter Karow presents this difficult subject in a clear and instructive way....

Sommaire:
1. Introduction.- 2. Typeface terminology.- 3. Display of typefaces.- 3.1 Visual display devices.- 3.2 Typesetting machines.- 3.3 NC machines.- 4. Requirements of typesetting.- 4.1 Type structure.- 4.2 Form setting.- 4.3 Hierarchical format structure.- 5. Formats.- 5.1 Review of formats.- 5.1.1 Bitmaps (bytemaps).- 5.1.2 Run lengths.- 5.1.3 Open vectors.- 5.1.4 Closed vectors.- 5.1.5 Curved lines.- 5.2 Other concepts.- 5.3 Special coding techniques.- 5.4 Listing of a selection of type manufacturers.- 6. The URW concept.- 6.1 IKARUS.- 6.2 Format hierarchy at URW.- 6.3 IK interpolation.- 6.4 Nimbus.- 6.4.1 Core-fonts.- 6.4.2 Hard scanning.- 6.4.3 Scaling.- 6.4.4 Selection.- 6.4.5 Descriptive elements.- 6.4.6 Intelligent font-scaling.- 6.4.7 The resolution funnel.- 7. The preparation of rasters.- 7.1 Soft-scanning.- 7.2 Manual corrections.- 7.2.1 Corrections on stems.- 7.2.2 Corrections on serifs.- 7.2.3 Corrections on segments of letters.- 7.2.4 Intersection of diagonals.- 7.2.5 Stems with slight slopes.- 7.2.6 Ink traps.- 7.2.7 Tails.- 7.3 SC formats for laser printers.- 8. Industry Standards.- 8.1 Type 1 (by Jochen Lau).- 8.2 Intellifont (by Jochen Lau).- 8.3 TrueType Format (by Hartmut Schwarz).- 8.3.1 How the TrueType File is Structured.- 8.3.2 TrueType Tables.- 8.3.3 Outline Representation.- 8.3.4 Scan Converter.- 8.3.5 The Instructions.- 8.4 F3 Unix (by Jochen Lau).- 9. Conclusions.- 9.1 Properties of formats.- 9.1.1 Electronic requirements for the generation of control signals.- 9.1.2 Storage requirements.- 9.2 Requirements to be met by formats.- 9.3 Recommendations for manufacturers.- 9.4 Time required for producing type.- Appendices.- A Type classification.- B Characters of a typeface.- C Accents for Latin type.- D Dingbats.- E Explanation of optical effects.- F Short dictionary of type terminology.- G Data structure for typefaces.- H Description of the IK format.- I Description of the BE, CN and QQ format.- J Description of the II format (by Jochen Lau).- K Description of the DI format.- L Description of the VC format.- M Description of the BS format.- N Description of the VE format.- O Description of the SC format.- P Description of the SN format.- Q Description of the BI format.- R Description of the GS format.- S Data structure for spacing.- T Width table.- U Kerning table.- V Touching and Overlapping table.- W Programs for converting IK ? DI.- X Marking and digitizing rules.- Y References, on typefaces in particular.- Z Index.