On 11/11/10 18:29, Sven Neumann wrote:
On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 18:14 +0100, Denis Oliver Kropp wrote:
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.
I have to admit that DFFA_LIGHT is not an ideal choice and that the
comment that I've added doesn't completely explain it either. I am open
for suggestions.
If you feel like it would be better to omit the DFFA_LIGHT attribute
until we have settled on a better name, please feel free to do so. I
would very much appreciate if the DFFA_AUTOHINTING could make it into
1.4.11 though.
Oh, just read your mail. Let's call it DFFA_SOFTHINTING and have both
flags in 1.4.12 (maybe tomorrow).
--
Best regards,
Denis Oliver Kropp
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