Why vector graphics?

lumpy bitmaps at the wrong sizes

Chisel bitmap font, at the size it's designed to work at, and at twice that size

Even when a bitmap font like this does work at one size, it still looks horribly lumpy at any other size:

For most of us, it's essential to our concept of a font that it works equally well as any size.

Adobe has a range of programmes including Acrobat, Illustrator and Photoshop, which make a remarkable job of evening out the differences, and for PostScript fonts Adobe has a free Type Manager which makes things better within certain limitations.

But for normal use, the solution has been to construct the font in a completely different way.