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dstampe · 01-19-2007, 11:30 AM

Thanks for the font pointer.
Tiresias is somewhat better than other bold sans-serif, as it fits more characters per line. It does seem a bit "blobby" at small point sizes, but this seems typical of small, bold fonts with high character density.
Which exactly of the Tirsias fonts are you using? Tiresias PCFont seems to be the only one with hinting to look good at low resolutions, but also has thin strokes at those low resolutions.
I don't think this font could be used as a distributable flash image, though, as it's not public domain.
Other than re-flashing, I'm not sure what the status of tools for embedding fonts is. Do PDF files with embedded fonts keep these if preprocessed by the CONNECT software? It looks like embedding fonts in LRF files is progressing, but most of the tools for converting other formats to LRF don't seem to have the capability to make font face or size changes, thus the need to go through the RTF stage.

01-19-2007, 11:30 AM	#6
dstampe dstampe Posts: 50 Karma: 17 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Canada Device: Sony PRS-500	Thanks for the font pointer. Tiresias is somewhat better than other bold sans-serif, as it fits more characters per line. It does seem a bit "blobby" at small point sizes, but this seems typical of small, bold fonts with high character density. Which exactly of the Tirsias fonts are you using? Tiresias PCFont seems to be the only one with hinting to look good at low resolutions, but also has thin strokes at those low resolutions. I don't think this font could be used as a distributable flash image, though, as it's not public domain. Other than re-flashing, I'm not sure what the status of tools for embedding fonts is. Do PDF files with embedded fonts keep these if preprocessed by the CONNECT software? It looks like embedding fonts in LRF files is progressing, but most of the tools for converting other formats to LRF don't seem to have the capability to make font face or size changes, thus the need to go through the RTF stage.