TTF vs OTF on Windows without smoothing

Open maa7 opened this issue 2 years ago • 3 comments

Hello, On Windows with smoothing disabled, the OTF version of the font at small sizes looks much better than the TTF version. Is it possible to make the TTF version as good as the OTF? ss3_ttf_otf

Jul 18 '23 19:07 maa7

@maa7 Why can’t you just use the OTF font if it performs better?

Jul 19 '23 00:07 pauldhunt

Many web designers don't know about this and continue to use woff2(ttf) instead of woff2(otf). For many people, the reason why ttf looks worse is not clear.

Jul 19 '23 12:07 maa7

The initial versions of Source Sans had finely hinted TTFs. Is it possible to use one of these earlier versions for your purposes? I’m not sure when we will invest in hinting TTF versions again.

Jan 19 '24 06:01 pauldhunt