Question
OpenType has different ascender numbers?
We're converting our Mac Type 1 publications to OpenType and have noticed that the OpenType characters are ascending closer to the top of the text box in InDesign than the Type 1 characters did.
I checked into this with FontLab and noticed that for ITC Garamond book, the ascender height for the Type 1 fonts is 671, the descender is -218, the Caps height is 623 and the x height is 445.
For ITC Garamond Std Book, the ascender is 703, the descender is -297, the Cas height is 626 and the x height is 451.
These are substantially different numbers, resulting in reworking a large number of files to replicate the type 1 fonts.
Does anybody know the reason why this happened?
Looking forward to some enlightenment!
I checked into this with FontLab and noticed that for ITC Garamond book, the ascender height for the Type 1 fonts is 671, the descender is -218, the Caps height is 623 and the x height is 445.
For ITC Garamond Std Book, the ascender is 703, the descender is -297, the Cas height is 626 and the x height is 451.
These are substantially different numbers, resulting in reworking a large number of files to replicate the type 1 fonts.
Does anybody know the reason why this happened?
Looking forward to some enlightenment!
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