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The "Tin" open source SFNT C++ library
- Vivtek 16y agoTin is intended for use by programmers who have legitimate need for manipulating font binaries. Legitimate need? What does that even mean? All joking aside, this is absolutely fantastic - I tried to write a font manipulation library once and the amount of detail you have to keep track of (or, conversely, it is possible to do wrong) is colossal. An open-source project with Adobe behind it - while the cognitive dissonance is hurting my brain a little - is just tremendous. I feel like I should send Steve Jobs a little thank-you present for this. Do you think he'd prefer flowers or something more like a Barnes and Noble gift card?
- gjm11 16y agoWhy Steve Jobs?
- pavlov 16y agoSteve Jobs invented digital typography thanks to a calligraphy class he briefly visited in the '70s. Without him, the only fonts in the world would be Terminal Monospace and Tasteless Serif.
- tl 16y agocough http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Knuth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Knuth cough
- Vivtek 16y agoFor prodding Adobe into taking the stance that they're open.
- typenerd 16y agoFWIW, daan started working on open-sourcing TIN more than a year ago.
- dstrebe 16y agoThe library was not created to abet copyright infringement or worms. While we cannot (necessarily) stop someone for using the library in illegitimate ways, we do not welcome those uses.