--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> "Nicholas Bodley" <nbodley@...> writes:
> >...
> > Not explicitly stated, iirc, is that pixels can't be

repositioned slightly

> > to improve appearance, and they are not likely to be, in the

near future,

> > if ever.
>
> Yeah, sadly. TeXs Metafont does adjust the outline points for low
> resolutions. And it does so for high resolutions, too. But

TrueType

> and PostScript do not. Metafont is quite professionally designed.

Isn't adjusting outlines what 'hinting' is all about?

Richard.