On 11/11/10 14:44, Sven Neumann wrote:
On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 13:16 +0100, Denis Oliver Kropp wrote:

+     DFFA_LIGHT          = 0x00000100,  /* use a lighter hinting algorithm for
+                                           non-monochrome modes */

What's this exactly?

It selects the Freetype auto-hinter and activates a hinting algorithm
that is lighter than the normal one. Many generated glyphs are more
fuzzy but better resemble its original shape. A bit like rendering on
Mac OS X.

See also
http://www.freetype.org/freetype2/docs/reference/ft2-base_interface.html#FT_LOAD_TARGET_XXX

We don't really need this attribute, but I thought it might be useful
and added it while I am on it.

Ok, but maybe we should make it clear that lighter does not mean
less CPU load, but less strong hinting.

--
Best regards,
  Denis Oliver Kropp

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