Re: [Devel] Defect: rasterizer precision is set wrongly by Set_High_Precision

[David Turner]

Hi Graham,

> 
> Rasterizer precision is set by the local function Set_High_Precision in
> ftraster.c, called by Render_glyph and Render_Gray_Glyph. The idea is that
> when creating a cubic or conic Bezier spline by successive interpolation of
> points, interpolation stops if two coordinates are closer than the value of
> 'precision_step' in the TRasterInstance object. Thus a high value for
> precision_step causes low precision, and vice versa. However, the function
> Set_High_Precision sets precision_step to 128 for high precsion and 32 for
> low precision, which is clearly the reverse of what is wanted.
> 
> Please let me know if I have misunderstood the intention of the code.
>

You're forgetting that the input coordinates are scaled, by
shifting them to the left by "precision_bits-6". So, the correct
figures are:

   low precision:
       bits = 6
       step = 32  -> 0.5 pixels
 
   high precision:
       bits = 10
       step = 128 -> 0.125 pixels

the step is thus 4 times smaller for high precision rendering
(the additional precision bits are used for more accurate
 bezier subdivisions)

Regards,

- David