Re: native hinting

[Francesco Zappa Nardelli]

Hello,

David Turner <address@hidden> writes:

FZ>> I'm also contemplating to replace all the Ghostscript Type1 font
FZ>> interpreter by the Freetype2 module type1z.  

DT> You didn't miss any message. I'm just too busy right now to complete
DT> it, but I still intend to rewrite the T1 hinter for FT 2.0. Actually,
DT> the code is near completion now but I'm currently divided among
DT> several important projects and won't be fully available on FreeType
DT> before the end of September :-(

This is not a problem: integrating the rasterizer in the graphics
library, and integrating the Type1 module in the interpreter are two
completely distinct phases of my work.  I'm concentrating on the first,
and I'm delaying the second until when I'll have unleashed (in my
mind) all the secrets of the Ghostscript font interpreter.

In my opinion, the drop-out control performed by the Freetype
rasterizer will remarkably increase the readability of a postscript
document.

Regards,

-francesco