Re: [Devel] synthetic fonts bug

[David Turner]

Hi Werner,

> 
> Synthetic Type 1 fonts are still not slanted correctly if autohinting
> is on...
> 
> David, can you fix it?
> 
Yes.

> BTW, I've just looked into the sourceforge bug database of FreeType (a
> link from www.freetype.org to this page is missing!) -- it seems that
> Keith's cmap bug has been fixed meanwhile.  If this is correct, can
> someone please close the report?
> 
I didn't even knew that this bug had been entered in the SourceForge
database !! I'm supposed to receive an e-mail each time a new bug entry
is added ?? Does this thing works reliably ??

It also seems that you can admin the first three open bugs in the
current list, the server returns "can't open page" errors when
you try to do it ..

> As nice the idea of this database is, as problematic for me is that
> you can only work online with it :-(
> 
I agree, and it's damn _slow_ to use on this side of the Atlantic :-(
We'll probably need to ditch it completely.. :-(

- David