The quality of t1 rendering may be significantly font dependent.
LucidaSansTypewriter at 100dpi w/ antialiasing is fully legible
down to 7 points, based on viewing in ftview current. The only
issue is that the font renders as variable width with hinting &
fixed width without. But it is still perfectly legible without
hinting. Just as long as it is antialiased. At least black on
white with 5-6-5 bit depth on a triniton tube. How significant
5-6-5 vs 4-4-4 is for this, I don't know.
In fact, I just tried a side-by-side comparison of the truetype
and type1 versions of LucidaSansTypewriter. The former is from
the Java2 distribution, and may lack hints. The latter is from
the commercial distribution. Rendering of the two w/o hints is
nearly indistinguishable. I actually prefer the type 1 version
w/o its hints.
To compare truetype fonts with and w/o hinting, I tried verdana.
It also looks better w/o hints -- either builtin or auto. With
antialiasing at 100dpi or better, I find that the hints degrade
the experience rather than help it. The iPAQ's lower bit-depth
may change the results, though. I can't wait to find out.
-JimC
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