Formatting Font Formats
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Font formats are a tug of war between artists (designers and drawers), programmers (computer scientists), the business world, and users. Each of these four groups has had an influence on the path that font formats have followed. We review the successes and failures, and present a wish list of properties that a good font format should have.
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تاریخ انتشار 2004