Methods shown are obsolete on 1.19

[Astralchroma]

1.19 added a new provider type called "space", this can be used with a simple negative number.
An example can be seen here: https://github.com/HorizonsEndMC/ResourcePack/blob/6f32fa721f84cd00ec5485f18135aa6d3464e4a3/assets/horizonsend/font/special.json

[SoSeDiK]

How is rendering compared to TrueType version?
And what about halfs and quarters available in the pre-release versions?