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bug #18747: poor rendering of full-hinted U+0431 in Times and DejaVu Serif

Submitter:  Alexei <apodtele>
Submitted:  Wed 10 Jan 2007 05:05:15 PM UTC
   
 
Severity:  3 - Normal Item Group:  Incorrect behaviour
Status:  Fixed Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  freetype Open/Closed:  Closed
Planned Release:  None

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Tue 01 Nov 2016 03:24:21 AM UTC, comment #11: 

I cannot reproduce this problem anymore, closing...

Alexei Podtelezhnikov <podtelez>
Group Member
Mon 09 Apr 2007 08:17:01 PM UTC, comment #10: 

I agree, it's strange.  As usual, please provide ugly
examples on the freetype-devel list...

Werner LEMBERG <wl>
Group administrator
Thu 29 Mar 2007 04:10:05 PM UTC, comment #9: 

That's right. The dots are symmetrical with respect to the bottom stem in Ydieresis, whereas they are symmetrical with respect to the upper serifs in Upsilondieresis. Ydieresis conforms to the font spirit.

Regardless of this, isn't it strange that dots ruin aliasing on the opposite side of the glyph at size 15?

Alexei <apodtele>
Wed 28 Mar 2007 11:08:09 PM UTC, comment #8: 

The glyphs are indeed different.  In Ydieresis, the dieresis dots
are positioned a bit more to the left than in Upsilondieresis.

Werner LEMBERG <wl>
Group administrator
Tue 27 Mar 2007 10:50:49 PM UTC, comment #7: 

Just to refresh this bug...

Same font, DejaVu Serif 2.15 at size 15, but why Upsilondieresis is differnt from Ydieresis??? I would expect the same rendering for the same shape. Or is it not the same?

Look at the first glyphs like this:

ftview -f 314 15 DejaVuLGCSerif.ttf
ftview -f 759 15 DejaVuLGCSerif.ttf

Alexei <apodtele>
Tue 20 Feb 2007 04:04:52 AM UTC, comment #6: 

Could this be due to some subtle arch/os differences?


Alexei <apodtele>
Tue 20 Feb 2007 12:24:10 AM UTC, comment #5: 

Interesting.  Using times.ttf version 3.00 and
DejaVuSerif.ttf 2.11, it looks fine for me.

Please provide snapshots.

Werner LEMBERG <wl>
Group administrator
Mon 19 Feb 2007 03:23:51 PM UTC, comment #4: 

I beg to differ. This is on Fedora Core 6 i386. Please reopen the bug. Please describe how you can't repeat that.

This is how to see it with DejaVu Serif 2.15 or 2.11:
1) ftview -f 877 15 DejaVuLGCSerif.ttf
2) look at the second glyph "б", and compare to "о"
3) turning hinting off by pressing [H] removes the glitch

This is how to see it with Times New Roman 3.06 from euupdate:
1) ftview -f 602 17 Times.ttf
2) look at the second glyph "б", and compare to "о"
3) turning hinting off by pressing [H] removes the glitch

Note ppems! They're important!


Alexei <apodtele>
Mon 19 Feb 2007 09:15:09 AM UTC, comment #3: 

I can't repeat this.  According to the start of this
bug report, you are talking about `full hinting', and
IMHO it looks good with both DejaVu Serif and Times New
Roman.

Werner LEMBERG <wl>
Group administrator
Sun 18 Feb 2007 03:17:51 AM UTC, comment #2: 

Unfortunately no. "б" still looks bad at 13-15 points with some serif fonts, such as Deja Vu Serif and Times New Roman.

Alexei <apodtele>
Fri 16 Feb 2007 08:30:22 AM UTC, comment #1: 

This seems to be fixed with the current CVS.
Please test!

Werner LEMBERG <wl>
Group administrator
Wed 10 Jan 2007 05:05:15 PM UTC, original submission:  

Using 10-Jan-07 CVS snapshot, U+0431 looks two times too bold on the left side in DejaVu Serif with full hinting at 15 ppem. It looks good without full hinting. See second glyth in the attached snapshot. This is painfully obvious at 15 ppem and to a lesser extent at other sizes. This is also visible with Times New Roman at around 15 ppem. This is the only glyth with this problem. Six "6" is similar in spirit but looks good.


Alexei <apodtele>

 

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Attached Files
file #12015:  dejavu.png added by apodtele (11KiB - image/png - look at the second "б" and compare with "о")
file #12016:  times.png added by apodtele (12KiB - image/png - look at the second "б" and compare with "о")
file #11720:  uni0431.png added by apodtele (9KiB - image/png - snapshot)

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2019-10-24 podtelez Summarypoor rendering of full-hinted U+0431 in Teimes and DejaVu Serif poor rendering of full-hinted U+0431 in Times and DejaVu Serif
    2016-11-01 podtelez StatusPostponed Fixed
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2007-02-20 apodtele Attached File- Added dejavu.png, #12015
        Attached File- Added times.png, #12016
    2007-02-20 wl StatusFixed Postponed
        Open/ClosedClosed Open
        Planned Release2.3.2 None
    2007-02-19 wl StatusPostponed Fixed
    2007-02-16 wl Open/ClosedOpen Closed
        Planned ReleaseNone 2.3.2
    2007-01-19 wl StatusConfirmed Postponed
    2007-01-19 wl Item GroupNone Incorrect behaviour
        StatusNone Confirmed
        Assigned toNone freetype
    2007-01-10 apodtele Attached File- Added uni0431.png, #11720

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