[XeTeX] True Type vs Type 1

[Atip Asvanund]

Hello,

I just found out that Lucida Bright came with MS Office. I am not sure 
which version. It's in the True Type format.

Atip

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Atip Asvanund wrote:

>
> Panther has built-in Lucida Bright in the True Type format. I have also 
> purchased Lucida Bright from YandY, which is in Type 1. I use XeTeX to 
> generate a document using True Type Lucida Bright. Then, I use regular TeX to 
> generate the same document using YandY Lucida Bright.
>
> When using Acrobat to view the two results on screen, I get strikingly 
> different results. The Type 1 version of Lucida Bright looks much better than 
> True Type. I read on YandY that Type 1 has easier hinting than True Type, and 
> I assume that this may be the explanation?
>
> What is stranger is, however, when I compare the two files using Preview. 
> True Type Lucida Bright looks suddenly almost the same quality as Type 1. 
> Preview displays True Type much better than Acrobat does.
>
> Even though on screen they look different, they all print at the same 
> quality.
>
> So, is it that Preview has better capacity for displaying True Type on 
> screen? Or is it that Preview uses the Lucida Bright on my computer rather 
> than the embeded Lucida Bright in the PDF. I am concerned about this because 
> I would like to use XeTeX to generate documents using True Type fonts (not 
> just Lucida Bright) to be viewed by those on Windows, who are stuck with 
> Acrobat.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Atip
>
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