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bug #43657: Runtime selection of subpixel hinting default

Submitted by:  None
Submitted on:  Fri 21 Nov 2014 11:33:29 AM UTC  
 
Severity: 3 - NormalItem Group: Wishlist
Status: Wont FixPrivacy: Public
Assigned to: Werner LEMBERG <wl>Open/Closed: Closed
Planned Release: None

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Sat 22 Nov 2014 05:40:03 AM UTC, comment #1:

Sorry, but I have to reject your patch.

FreeType, as a generic library, doesn't communicate via environment variables. Remember that there are operating systems that don't know the concept of environment variables at all. BTW, this is one of the reasons why only a smaller subset of the `Infinality' patches are yet integrated into FreeType.

You can enable or disable subpixel hinting at runtime with a call to `FT_Property_Set'; see

http://freetype.org/freetype2/docs/reference/ft2-tt_driver.html#interpreter-version

IMHO, it's the job of the application to provide an interface to this FreeType property so that the user can control subpixel hinting.

Werner LEMBERG <wl>
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Fri 21 Nov 2014 11:33:29 AM UTC, original submission:

I would like the subpixel hinting feature to be able to be disabled by a user at runtime, for example via environment variable.

Could a patch like the attached one be applied?

Anonymous

 

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file #32502:  env_FT2_NO_SUBPIXEL_HINTING.diff added by None (635B - text/plain)

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Sat 22 Nov 2014 05:40:03 AM UTCwlStatusNone=>Wont Fix
      Assigned toNone=>wl
      Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed
    Fri 21 Nov 2014 11:33:29 AM UTCNoneAttached File-=>Added env_FT2_NO_SUBPIXEL_HINTING.diff, #32502

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