Sam Howard

  https://blog.idrsolutions.com/author/samh/ Sam is a developer at IDRsolutions who specialises in font rendering and conversion. He's also enjoyed working with SVG, Java 3D, Java FX and Swing.

 



21 Stories by Sam Howard

How to use Type 1 fonts on the Web

Back in the 1980s, Adobe saw that the existing methods of displaying text digitally – bitmapped fonts – were not up to the task...
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How does TrueType Hinting work?

TrueType hinting use a program inside the TrueType file to modify the outlines for fonts. This allows it to do clever things like optimise...
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How to handle corrupt PDF files

There are several ways to corrupt (or break) a PDF file:- Common issues with corrupted PDF files Broken xref table Corrupted COS objects Content...
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