The FreeType Project - Bugs: bug #49527, (S)light hinting invokes the...
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bug #49527: (S)light hinting invokes the native hinter if possible - TrueType engine support.
Submitter: | zboobzor <zboobzor> | ||
Submitted: | Thu 03 Nov 2016 05:42:19 PM UTC | ||
Severity: | 3 - Normal | Item Group: | Wishlist |
Status: | In Progress | Privacy: | Public |
Assigned to: | wl | Open/Closed: | Open |
Planned Release: | None |
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Fri 15 May 2020 02:10:27 PM UTC, comment #6: |
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Thu 05 Jan 2017 10:15:40 PM UTC, comment #5: Ah yes, I thought and forgot about that. I didn't and don't know enough of FT's internals to implement that idea. I'm going to try this one day. So much work, so little time... |
Nikolaus Waxweiler <morksig> |
Wed 04 Jan 2017 11:38:57 AM UTC, comment #4: What about hinting at either twice or thrice the resolution, then scaling down? The selection between 2x or 3x should be done to ideally get both the uppercase and the lowercase height at integer pixel borders... |
Werner LEMBERG <wl> |
Wed 04 Jan 2017 10:17:33 AM UTC, comment #3: I was really looking forward to this feature.
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zboobzor <zboobzor> |
Mon 02 Jan 2017 09:48:02 PM UTC, comment #2: I'd love to, but I don't know how. The explicit nature of TrueType programming is more or less incompatible with the look of the Autohinter/CFF engine.
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Nikolaus Waxweiler <morksig> |
Thu 03 Nov 2016 05:47:35 PM UTC, comment #1: Right now, this is work in progress. |
Werner LEMBERG <wl> |
Thu 03 Nov 2016 05:42:19 PM UTC, original submission:
Since FreeType 2.6.2 (s)light hinting invokes the native hinter if possible with the OpenType/CFF driver.
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zboobzor <zboobzor> |
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comment #4:
The 3× hinting wouldn't really work with 4×4 oversampling. In 4×4 oversampling it would make more sense to snap to quarter pixels to avoid aliasing, because hinting is the only way to remove aliasing artifacts.