Does anyone know of any remaining users of the Type1 fonts?

Dave Crossland dave at lab6.com
Wed Sep 3 19:34:44 UTC 2008


2008/9/3 Jim Gettys <jg at laptop.org>:
> Last I knew, all they would do (on the screen) was make for an ugly
> screen, as we haven't had a decent Type-1 font renderer....
>
> Anyone have any knowledge of anything current that uses type-1 on the
> screen?  On paper?
>                           - Jim

Many proprietary fonts are only available in Type 1 format (with
licenses that permit private format conversion, eg Adobe) and they
remain dominant in the print end of the graphic design industry.

I guess free programs that cater to print-end graphic designers -
Scribus especially, and Inkscape too - would have users making use of
Type 1 fonts a lot.

-- 
Regards,
Dave




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