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		Allybag on Jan 1, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writing a TrueType font renderer That’s not really a fair nit at all, he just commented that the two formats were similar, one of them must necessarily have come before the other, but they both exist right now.

jahewson on Jan 2, 2024 [–]

I don’t agree with that, the quote is:

> Both file formats were developed at Apple around the same time

Allybag on Jan 2, 2024 | [–]

Ah, indeed, sorry about that. I’d missed that part and just remembered him saying they were similar.

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